Research & Analysis

2018

Will Hospital Peer Grouping by Patient Socioeconomic Status Fix the Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program or Create New Problems? published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. Related journal editorial can be read here.

Are We Confident of Across-Hospital Mortality Comparisons? published in the American Journal of Medical Quality

Inappropriate Statistical Model and Data Issues Lead to an Invalid Conclusion published on Academia.edu

Comparing the Value of Nonprofit Hospitals' Tax Exemption to Their Community Benefits published in The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing

2017

JKTG Foundation Comments on CMMI Experimental Payment Models

JKTG Foundation Comments on Medicare 5-Star Rating System

JKTG Foundation Comments on IPPS Proposed Rule

Quantifying the Impact of Socio-Economic Status on Quality Measures published on Academia.edu

2016

An Analysis of the Medicare Hospital 5-Star Rating and a Comparison with Quality Penalties 

ACA's Preclusion of Appeals

Foundation Comment Letter on Part B Drug Payment Model Proposed Rule 

2015

Composite Measures of Health Care Provider Performance: A Description of Approaches published by The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 93, No. 4, 2015 (788-825)

Foundation Comment Letter on Medicare Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement 

Foundation Q&A:  Can Socioeconomic Status (SES) Payment Adjustments Improve Hospital Performance?

Analysis | Value Based Purchasing Rewards and Penalties (external link)

Analysis | Are HospitalCompare Mortality Rates Useful? (external link)

Study | NASI Integrated Delivery Networks: In Search of Benefits and Market Effects (external link)

VIDEO + Materials | ECRI Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety Forum (external link)

Analysis | Length of Stay and Hospital Acquired Infections

2014

Transcript: Wall Street comes to Washington

Report: Washington D.C. health market analysis 

Big Data -- What Is It and What Use Is It? published in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Analysis: Charge setting practices in the hospital sector (state-by-state breakdown over 10 years)

Analysis: Consumer use of health quality of care reporting

Analysis: Regional variations in health care costs

Comment Letter: FFY 2015 Medicare IPPS Proposed Rule
 
Comment Letter: Proposed Quality Reporting System (QRS) framework for rating Qualified Health Plans (QHP).

2013

Comment Letter: FFY 2014 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule regarding the Disproportionate Share Hospital payments new uncompensated care distribution formula.

Comment Letter: FFY 2014 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule regarding Readmissions.

Comment Letter: FFY 2014 Medicaid Proposed Rule regarding the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotment Reductions.

Analysis: Assessing Medicare’s Readmission penalty calculation and the need to neutralize for high Medicaid and SSI effects and not to favor low volume hospitals.