Laurence F. McMahon Jr, MD, MPH

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December 14th 2018

Mixed Messages to Consumers From Medicare: Hospital Compare Grades Versus Value-Based Payment Penalty

Jennifer Meddings, MD, MSc Shawna N. Smith, PhD Timothy P. Hofer, MD, MSc Mary A.M. Rogers, PhD, MS Laura Petersen, MHSA Laurence F. McMahon Jr, MD, MPH

Many hospitals penalized for readmissions were given readmission grades of “no different” or “better” than the national rate on the Hospital Compare website.

March 15th 2018

Ambulatory Care–Sensitive Emergency Visits Among Patients With Medical Home Access

Dina Hafez, MD Laurence F. McMahon Jr, MD, MPH Linda Balogh, MD Floyd John Brinley III, MD John Crump, MD Mark Ealovega, MD Audrey Fan, MD Yeong Kwok, MD Kristen Krieger, MD Thomas O'Connor, MD Elisa Ostafin, MD Heidi Reichert, MA Jennifer Meddings, MD, MSc

Patients often self-refer to the emergency department (ED) for management of an ambulatory care–sensitive condition, and the ED may be the most appropriate care location.

September 10th 2015

Addressing the Primary Care Workforce Crisis

Zirui Song, MD, PhD Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc Laurence F. McMahon Jr, MD, MPH

As delivery system reforms increasingly rely on a strong primary care workforce, policies are needed to grow and strengthen this workforce.

February 11th 2013

Introducing Forensic Health Services Research

Laurence F. McMahon Jr, MD, MPH Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc

The use of health services research to uncover healthcare fraud and abuse represents a novel, yet timely, implementation of this science.

August 2nd 2010

Using Search Engine Query Data to Track Pharmaceutical Utilization: A Study of Statins

Nathaniel M. Schuster, BS Mary A.M. Rogers, PhD, MS Laurence F. McMahon Jr, MD, MPH

Google query data for 2 statins demonstrated association with temporal and geographic utilization benchmarks, suggesting that query data can be used to track real-time utilization.

May 1st 2007

Physician-level P4P—DOA? Can Quality-based Payment Be Resuscitated?

Laurence F. McMahon Jr, MD, MPH Timothy P. Hofer, MD Rodney A. Hayward, MD

August 1st 2005

Univariate Solutions in a Multivariate World: Can We Afford to Practice as in the "good old days"?

Laurence F. McMahon Jr, MD, MPH Rodney Hayward, MD Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH Michael E. Chernew, PhD A. Mark Fendrick, MD

October 1st 2004

What to Do When It's You: Bill Clinton and Hospital Report Cards

Laurence F. McMahon Jr, MD, MPH

November 1st 2003

Use of Critical Pathways to Improve Efficiency: A Cautionary Tale

Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH Timothy P. Hofer, MD, MSc Judith S. Rose, MS Samuel R. Kaufman, MA Laurence F. McMahon Jr, MD, MPH