Articles by Martins Francis, MS
Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries’ Grocery Supplemental Benefit Use and Health Care Utilization
ByRebecca Cobb, MS,Daniel Cullen, PhD,Michelle Nguyen Locke, MPH,Aliza S. Gordon, MPH,Martins Francis, MS,Ruth Tabak, MPP, MPH,Jennifer L. Kowalski, MS Medicare Advantage grocery supplemental benefit use is associated with increased outpatient care, suggesting that policy changes allowing for nonmedical supplemental benefits could improve beneficiaries’ health, especially for dual-eligible beneficiaries.
Sacubitril/Valsartan in Medicare Alternative Payment Models
ByXian Shen, PhD,Taylor T. Schwartz, MPH,Gabriel Sullivan, BA,Mark Adelsberg, MPP,Martins Francis, MS,Allison Petrilla, MPH,Cheryl Abbas, PharmD,Joaquim Cristino, MSc Optimizing utilization of sacubitril/valsartan for treatment of heart failure could improve provider performance in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative and the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
