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Conference and other Presentations
2022
Frakt AB. “A Press Release is Not Enough,” invited lecture to the Boston Musculoskeletal Clinical Research Collaboratory (MCRC) Research Accelerator. February 8, 2022.
Palani, Sivagaminathan. “Emergency Care Provided to Veterans in the Community,” presented at VA Emergency Medicine State of the Art Conference. January 12, 2022.
Samantha Auty did a podium presentation on the “Effect of a Veterans Health Administration Mandate to Case Review Patients with Opioid Prescriptions on Mortality Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 4, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Austin Frakt, Melissa Garrido, and Kiersten Strombotne.
Cecille Avila participated on a panel entitled “VA’s Community Care Program: A Learning Health System in Action” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 4, 2022, Washington, DC.
Christine Yee did a podium presentation on “Provider Supply and Patient Access to Care” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 4, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Sivagaminathan Palani, Kyle Barr and Steven Pizer.
Daniel Asfaw presented the poster “Medicaid Expansion Was Associated with Longer Wait Times for Specialty Care” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 5, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Robert Besaw, Monica Aswani, Aaron Legler, and Kevin Griffith.
Daniel Asfaw presented the poster “Changes in Appointment Wait Times & Volume during the COVID-19 Pandemic” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 5, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Rachel Childers, Andrew Wilper, Aaron Legler and Kevin Griffith.
Yevgeniy Feyman presented the poster “Geographic Variation in Appointment Wait Times for U.S. Veterans Seeking Care in the Private Sector” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 5, 2022. Co-authors included: Daniel Asfaw and Kevin Griffith.
Yufei Li presented the poster “Impact of Policy on Opioid Prescription Trends: Studying the Relationship between a VHA National Safety Initiative and Opioid Prescribing Practices” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 5, 2022, Washington, DC. Kyle Barr was a co-author.
Sooyeon Song presented the poster “Patient Satisfaction Associated with Virtual Care Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic in VA Primary Care and Mental Health” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 5, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Sivagaminathan Palani, Jessica Lum, Steven Pizer, and Christine Yee.
Daniel Asfaw did a podium presentation on “Racial Disparities in Appointment Wait Times for U.S. Military Veterans,” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 6, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Michael Anne Kyle, Sarah Gordon and Kevin Griffith.
Cecille Avila presented the poster “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Excess Mortality Due to COVID-19 Among U.S. Veterans” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 6, 2022. Co-authors included: Yevgeniy Feyman, Samantha Auty, Martha Mulugeta, Kiersten Strombotne, Aaron Legler and Kevin Griffith.
Yevgeniy Feyman presented the poster “Association of Specialty Network Breadth in Medicare Advantage with Market Factors” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 6, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included Melissa Garrido, Jose Figueroa, and Austin Frakt.
Daniel Lipsey presented the poster “Veterans Health Administration Mental Health Clinic Efficiency Decomposition” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 6, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Steven Pizer, Kyle Barr, and Yingzhe Yuan.
Iman Saeed presented the poster “Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Incidence and Frequency of Dental Encounters Among Veterans” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 6, 2022, Washington, DC. Melissa Garrido was a co-author.
Iman Saeed presented the poster “Comparison of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) and Clinic Time Capacity Metrics in Productivity Measures” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 6, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Kyle Barr, Sivagaminathan Palani, Steven Pizer, and Paul Shafer.
Kiersten Strombotne presented the poster “Excess Mortality at State Veterans Homes during COVID-19” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 6, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Izabela Sadej, Yevgeniy Feyman, Aaron Legler and Kevin Griffith.
Kertu Tenso presented the poster “Medical Training Programs’ Effect on Productivity and Turnover at the Veterans Health Administration” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 6, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Melissa Garrido, Aigerim Kabdiyeva, Yufei Li, Aaron Legler, Izabela Sadej, and Steven Pizer.
Kertu Tenso did a podium presentation on “Excess Mortality at Veterans Health Administration Facilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Conference, June 7, 2022, Washington, DC. Co-authors included: Kiersten Strombotne, Yevgeniy Feyman, Samantha Auty, Aaron Legler and Kevin Griffith.
Yevgeniy Feyman was the presenting author on the paper “Effects of Staffing on Veteran Suicidality” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 27, 2022, Austin, TX. Co-authors included: Stuart Figueroa, Yingzhe Yuan, Jonathan Nebeker, Merry Ward, Paul Shafer, Steven Pizer and Kiersten Strombotne.
Jessica Lum was the presenting author on the paper “Substitutability of Virtual Care Visits and Face-to-Face Visits in Mental Health at the VA” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 27, 2022, Austin, TX.
Kertu Tenso was the presenting author on the paper “Delivery System Emergency Department Capacity and Its Effect on Non-System Service Utilization’’ at the ASHEcon Conference, June 27, 2022, Austin, TX. Co-authors included: Steven Pizer and Sivagaminathan Palani.
Kertu Tenso was the presenting author on the paper “Medical Training Program Size and Clinical Staff Productivity and Turnover” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 27, 2022, Austin, TX. Co-authors included: Melissa Garrido, Aigerim Kabdiyeva, Yufei Li, Aaron Legler, Izabela Sadej, and Steven Pizer.
Christine Yee was the presenting author on the paper “Supply Factors and Access to Care” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 27, 2022, Austin, TX.
Yingzhe Yuan was the presenting author on the paper “Staffing and Mental Health Engagement in the Veterans Health Administration” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 27, 2022, Austin, TX. Co-authors included: Aigerim Kabdiyeva, Yevgeniy Feyman, Johnathan Nebeker, Merry Ward, Paul Shafer, Kiersten Strombotne, and Steven Pizer.
Daniel Asfaw was the presenting author on the paper “Changes in Appointment Wait Times & Volume during the COVID-19 Pandemic” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 28, 2022, Austin, TX. Kevin Griffith was a co-author.
Yevgeniy Feyman was the presenting author on the paper “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Excess Mortality Among U.S. Veterans” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 28, 2022, Austin, TX. Co-authors included: Samantha Auty, Kertu Tenso, Kiersten Strombotne, Aaron Legler and Kevin Griffith.
Sivagaminathan Palani was the presenting author on the paper “Community Care ED Use and Specialty Care Leakage from Veterans Health Administration Hospitals” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 28, 2022, Austin, TX. Co-authors included: Kertu Tenso and Steven Pizer.
Daniel Asfaw was the presenting author on the paper “Racial Disparities in Wait Times for U.S. Medical Care” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 29, 2022, Austin, TX. Co-authors included: Sarah Gordon and Kevin Griffith.
Yevgeniy Feyman was the presenting author on the paper “Association of Specialty Level Network Breadth in Medicare Advantage with Market Factors” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 29, 2022, Austin, TX. Co-authors included: Melissa Garrido, Jose Figueroa, and Austin Frakt.
Kevin Griffith was the presenting author on the paper “Medicaid Expansion Was Associated with Longer Wait Times for Specialty Care” at the ASHEcon Conference, June 29, 2022, Austin, TX. Co-authors included: Daniel Asfaw and Monica Aswani.
Yevgeniy Feyman presented his work “Inferring Medicare Advantage Networks" at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Health Policy, August 4, 2022.
2021
Feyman, Yevgeniy. “Effect of Mental Health Services Capacity and Efficiency on Suicidality, Advances in Behavioral Health Policy Seminar,” presentation at the The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 11, 2021.
Garrido MM. “ Propensity Score Methods for Comparing Multiple Treatment Options,” webinar for Vanderbilt University Health Policy Seminar. October 28, 2021.
Austin Frakt participated in the New English Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council on treatment of Myasthenia Gravis, September 2021.
Steve Pizer and Melissa Garrido were panelists on the HSR&D Cyberseminar "Winter 2022 QUERI Evidence-based Policy Evaluation Centers Request for Applications (RFA) Informational Cyberseminar," September 2021.
Melissa Garrido presented “Vector Based Kernel Weighting: A New Method for Analyzing Multi-Valued Treatments in Palliative Care” at the 2021 World Congress on Health Economics, sponsored by the International Health Economics Association, July 2021. Other authors included Jessica Lum, Yevgeniy Feyman, Steven Pizer.
Austin Frakt participated in the New England Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council meeting on Therapies for Atopic Dermatitis, July 2021.
Melissa Garrido, Siva Palani, Kiersten Strombotne, and Austin Frakt were panelists at the Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers, Uncovering Fraud and Advancing Policies to Promote Best Practices webinar, hosted by Faegre Drinker Consulting, June 2021.
Kevin Griffith presented a poster entitled “How Do Appointment Wait Times Compare between VHA Care and Community Care Alternatives?” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Nambi Ndugga, Steven Pizer.
Kiersten Strombotne presented the paper “Increasing the Use of Risk Mitigation Strategies for Patients with Opioid Prescriptions in the Veterans Health Administration: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Aaron Legler, Kyle Barr, Elizabeth Oliva, Jodie Trafton, Eleanor Lewis, Melissa Garrido, Steven Pizer, Austin Frakt.
Kiersten Strombotne presented the paper “Reducing Adverse Events from Opioid Prescriptions in the Veterans Health Administration: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Aaron Legler, Taeko Minegishi, Elizabeth Oliva, Jodie Trafton, Eleanor Lewis, Pooja Sohoni, Melissa Garrido, Steven Pizer, Austin Frakt.
Yevgeniy Feyman presented the poster “Medicaid Managed Care Organizations’ Participation Reduces Marketplace Premiums” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included David Anderson, Paul Shafer.
Samantha Auty presented the paper “Medicaid Subscription Payment Models Are Associated with Greater Access and Lower Average Prices for Hepatitis C Drugs” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Paul Shafer, Kevin Griffith.
Sarah Gordon presented the paper “Beyond 60 Days: The Effect of Postpartum Medicaid Eligibility on Continuity of Insurance Enrollment” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Alex Hoagland, Lindsay Admon, Jamie Daw.
Alex Hoagland and Paul Shafer presented the poster “Out-of-Pocket Costs for Preventive Care Persist Almost a Decade after the ACA” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021.
Sarah Gordon presented the poster “County-Level Predictors of Growth in Community-Based Primary Care Use Among Veterans” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Erin Beilstein-Wedel, Amy Rosen, Tianyu Zheng, James Cook, Sarah Zahakos, Todd Wagner, Megan Vanneman.
Yevgeniy Feyman presented the paper “Vector-Based Kernel Weighting: Best Practices for Estimating Average Treatment Effects in Multiple Treatment Settings” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Melissa Garrido, Jessica Lum, and Steven Pizer.
Paul Shafer presented the poster “Effect of Clinic Capacity, Efficiency, and Community Care on Veterans Engagement in Mental Health Care” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Yingzhe Yuan, Megan Price, Aigerim Kabdiyeva, Yevgeniy Feyman, Jonathan Nebeker, Merry Ward, Kiersten Strombotne, Steven Pizer.
Kevin Griffith presented the paper ”Responses to Readmissions Penalties: What Can We Learn about Hospital Behavior?” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Steven Pizer, Melissa Garrido, Vijaya Kolachalama, Brian Jack, Jacob Bor.
Kevin Griffith presented the poster “Implications of County-Level Variation in Opioid Distribution” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Yevgeniy Feyman, Samantha Auty, Erica Crable.
Yevgeniy Feyman presented the poster “Effect of Mental Health Services Capacity and Efficiency on Veteran Suicidality” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Yingzhe Yuan, Megan Price, Aigerim Kabdiyeva, Jonathan Nebeker, Merry Ward, Paul Shafer, Steven Pizer, Kiersten Strombotne.
Claire O’Hanlon presented the paper “Patient/Caregiver and Expert Stakeholder Perspectives on High-Quality Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Karleen Giannitrapani, Raziel Gamboa, Anne Walling, Charlotta Lindvall, Melissa Garrido, Steve Asch, Mark Canning, Karl Lorenz.
Samantha Auty presented the paper “Medicaid Managed Care Drug Carveouts Increase Hepatitis C Prescription Utilization” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Paul Shafer, Kevin Griffith.
Kevin Griffith presented the post “County-Level Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Excess Mortality in the United States” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Yevgeniy Feyman, Samantha Auty, Kiersten Strombotne, Kertu Tenso, Aaron Legler, Steven Pizer.
Paul Shafer presented the poster “Social Vulnerability, Unemployment, and Medicaid Enrollment during the COVID-19 Pandemic” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included David Anderson, Rebecca Whitaker, Charlene Wong, Brad Wright.
Paul Shafer presented the paper “The Effect of Monthly Cost-Sharing Limits on Out-of-Pocket Costs for Privately Insured Patients” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. Other authors included Michal Horný, Stacie Dusetzina.
Sivagaminathan Palani presented the poster “Characterizing Providers' Patterns of Treating Patients with SUD” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2021. The other author was Melissa Garrido.
Austin Frakt led a session for Framingham Heart Study Joint lecture/Science Dissemination Workshop on “The Written and Visual Communication of Research Achievements to Lay Audiences," June 2021.
Christine Yee chaired the panel “Financial Incentives in Health Care - Effects on Provider Behavior” and presented the paper “Physician Supply and Access to Specialty Care” at the 10th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, June 2021. Peter J. Huckfeldt was the discussant.
Kiersten Strombotne presented the paper “Can Individual Risk Mitigation Strategies Reduce Mortality Among Patients with Opioid Prescriptions? Evidence from an Instrumental Variables Analysis” at the 10th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, June 2021. Other authors included Aaron Legler, Melissa Garrido, Austin Frakt. Mireille Jacobson was the discussant.
Kiersten Strombotne presented the paper “Effect of the STORM Dashboard Intervention on Mortality and Opioid-Related Serious Adverse Events: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial” at the 10th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists June 2021. Other authors included Aaron Legler, Taeko Minegishi, Melissa Garrido, Steven Pizer, Austin Frakt. Adam Sacarny was the discussant.
Steven Pizer chaired the panel “Physician Supply, Access to Care, and Patient Choice,” organized by Christine Yee at the 10th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, June 2021. There were 3 panelists: 1) Aigerim Kabdiyeva presented the paper “Physician Productivity and Turnover in the Veterans Health Administration.” Other authors included Steven Pizer, Kyle Barr, Kertu Tenso. Christine Yee was the discussant; 2) Christine Yee presented the paper “Physician Supply & Access to Specialty Care.” Edwin S. Wong was the discussant; and 3) Yevgeniy Feyman presented Wait Times & Choice of Provider Among Patients with Dual Coverage.” Kyle Barr was the discussant.
Kiersten Strombotne did the poster presentation “Effectiveness of a Ketogenic Diet and Virtual Coaching Intervention for Patients with Diabetes: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis” at the American Diabetes Association 81st Scientific Sessions, June 2021.
Steven Pizer participated on a panel entitled “Strengthening Economic Supports for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families” at the 2021 DOD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference, May 2021.
Melissa Garrido was the discussant for an HSR&D Cyberseminar entitled “Evidence Brief: Detection and Treatment of Dental Problems on Chronic Disease Outcomes. Spotlight on Evidence Synthesis Program,” presented by Stephanie Veazie, Kathryn Vela, and Nicholas J. Parr, April 2021.
Kiersten Strombotne did a poster presentation on “Detection of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Fraud, Waste, and Abuse” at the 2021 Virtual Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, April 2021.
Kiersten Strombotne did a poster presentation on “VHA Stratification tool for opioid risk mitigation (STORM) randomized program evaluation: interdisciplinary reviews associated with decrease in all-cause mortality and other lessons learned” at the 2021 Virtual Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, April 2021.
Melissa Garrido presented her work "Propensity Score Methods for Comparing Multiple Treatment Options" at a HERC Cyberseminar, April 2021.
Melissa Garrido moderated a webinar entitled “Medicare for All: A Conversation, with Abdul El-Sayed,” a Boston University SPH Public Health Conversation, March 2021.
Melissa Garrido and Yingzhe Yuan presented "Health Care Utilization among Veteran Directed Care Enrollees" to the Applied Self-Direction Members’ Webinar, February 2021.
Melissa Garrido presented the topic "Using Evidence to Inform Agency Priorities" on the panel "Evidence Across the Lifecycle" as part of the Office of Management and Budget FY21 Evaluation and Evidence Training Series (webinar), January 2021.
2020
Yingzhe Yuan and Melissa Garrido presented Health Care Costs and Utilization at the VA Home Based Primary Care Monthly Research Call, November 2020.
Yingzhe Yuan and Melissa Garrido presented Health Care Costs and Utilization at the VA Geriatrics and Extended Care Data Analysis Center (GEC DAC) Seminar, November 2020.Melissa Garrido presented "End-of-Life Care Quality Among Older Veterans with Hearing and Vision Loss" at the online AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, August 2020.
Melissa Garrido presented "Federal Policy and the VA’s Learning Health System: Foundations for Evidence-based Policymaking Act." Panelist: Clinical, Organizational, and Health Policy Strategies to Optimize Learning Health Systems. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Online presentation (recorded), September 2020.
Melissa Garrido presented “Methodological considerations. Perspectives on advancing economic research on palliative care.” Advisory Panelist: Advancing the Economics of Palliative Care: The Value to Individuals and Families, Organizations, and Study. USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, August 2020.
Austin Frakt presented at the Live Plenary: Confronting Structural Racism in HSR, at the 2020 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, August 2020.
Garrido MM. Federal Policy and the VA’s Learning Health System: Foundations for Evidence-based Policymaking Act. Panelist: Clinical, Organizational, and Health Policy Strategies to Optimize Learning Health Systems. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Online presentation (recorded), September 2020.
Garrido MM. Veteran-Directed Care Evaluation: Health Care Costs and Utilization. Administration for Community Living September Veteran Directed Care Quarterly Educational Webinar, September 2020.
2019
Adelberg M, Garrido MM. Preventing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse by Opioid Treatment Providers. Association for Community Affiliated Plans Chiefs Meeting, Providence, RI, November 4, 2019.
Yingzhe Yuan presented the poster “Duplicate Imaging” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Taeko Minegishi presented the poster “Opioid Discontinuation in the Veterans Health Administration” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Aigerim Kabdiyeva presented the poster “Physician Turnover and Productivity in the Veterans Health Administration” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Yingzhe Yuan presented the poster “Veteran-Directed Care” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Megan Price presented the poster “The Relationship between Routine Follow-up Appointments and Access to Primary Care” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Kyle Barr presented the poster “A New Method to Evaluate Clinician Productivity: Population Health-Based Approach” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Taeko Minegishi presented the poster “The Trade-Off between Productivity and Quality of Care in Primary Care Services” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Kevin Griffith presented the posters “Changes in Health Care Access, Behaviors, and Self-Reported Health Among Low-Income U.S. Adults: Through the Fourth Year of the Affordable Care Act” and “Changes in Coverage, Access to Care, and Disparities in 2017” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Yevgeniy Feyman presented the poster “Poor Quality HIV/AIDS Care in High Income Countries, Where Does the US Stand?” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Austin Frakt chaired a podium session discussing the 2019 publication of the year “Effect of Peer Comparison Letters for High-Volume Primary Care Prescribers of Quetiapine in Older and Disabled Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Kevin Griffith chaired a podium session entitled “Estimating the Effects of Various Health Insurance Programs and Policies” at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington DC, June 2019.
Melissa Garrido presented “Users of Veteran-Directed Care and other purchased care have similar hospital use and costs over time” at a panel during the Health Affairs Community Care for High-Needs Patients Briefing, Washington, DC, June 2019.
Kevin Griffith was the discussant for the paper “Using Machine Learning to Estimate the Heterogeneous Impacts of Medicaid Managed Care” at the American Society of Health Economists’ (ASHEcon) 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019.
Austin Frakt chaired the panel “Health Insurance, Adolescents and Young Adults” at ASHEcon’s 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019.
Christine Yee was the discussant for the paper “Parental Coverage and Insurance Use Behavior of Young Women for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Massachusetts” at ASHEcon’s 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019.
Kevin Griffith was the presenter for the paper “Changes in Insurance Coverage and Access to Care for Young Adults in 2017” at ASHEcon’s 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019.
Austin Frakt was a co-author on the paper “The Impact of ACO Physician-Hospital Integration on Healthcare Spending and Utilization” presented by Meng-Yun Lin at ASHEcon’s 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019.
Austin Frakt was a discussant on the paper “Home Health Care Use in Medicare Advantage Compared to Traditional Medicare: The Role of Benefit Design” presented by Laura Skopec at ASHEcon’s 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019.
Steven Pizer chaired the panel “Treatment Effects and Heterogeneity” at ASHEcon’s 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019.
Steven Pizer, Austin Frakt, and Melissa Garrido were co-authors on the paper ”Vector-Based Kernel Weighting: A Simple Estimator for Improving Precision and Bias of Average Treatment Effects in Multiple Treatment Settings” presented by Jessica Lum at ASHEcon’s 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019.
Steven Pizer was the discussant for the paper “Evaluating the Impact of Payer and Provider Integration on Medicare Advantage Enrollee Hospitalization and Enrollment Outcomes” presented by David Meyers at ASHEcon’s 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019.
Kevin Griffith presented the poster “Changes in Coverage, Access to Care, and Disparities in 2017” at ASHEcon’s 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 2019.
Austin Frakt presented “The Evidence-Based Case for Evidence,” at the America’s Health Insurance Plans National Health Policy Conference, Washington DC, March 2019.
2018
Austin Frakt presented "Cost Shifting and Provider Payments," at the New England States Consortium Systems Organization Meeting, York, ME, October 2018
Melissa Garrido presented authors' rebuttal on Garrido MM, Lum J, Frakt AB, Pizer SD. "Vector-based kernel weighting: A simple estimator for improving precision and bias of average treatment effects in multiple treatment settings." Annual Health Econometrics Workshop, Baltimore, MD, September 2018.
Steven Pizer presented "Comments on Shiman, Kaestner and Losasso,” at the Health Econometrics Workshop, Bergamo Italy, July 2018.
Steven Pizer et al. (Authors) presented "Managing Local Markets for Publicly Provided Health Care," at the Health Econometrics Workshop, Bergamo Italy, July 2018.
Katherine Hempstead (Chair), Yevgeniy Feyman & Austin Frakt (Presenters), Lucas Higera (Authors). "The Breadth and Characteristics of Effective Medicare Advantage Networks." Panel Presented at the 7th Annual Conference at the American Society of Health Economists, Atlanta, GA, June 2018.
Daria Pelech (Chair). Zirui Sone & Daria Pelech (Authors), Austin Frakt (Discussant). "Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans and Plan Generosity Before and After the Affordable Care Act." Panel presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Economics and Public Health, Atlanta, GA, June 2018.
Michael E. Chernew (Chair), Yevgeniy Feyman & Austin Frakt (Authors), Steven Pizer (Discussant). "The Persistence of Medicare Advantage Spillovers in the Post-Affordable Care Act Era." Panel presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Economics and Public Health, Atlanta, GA, June 2018.
Meng-Yun Lin, Amresh D. Hanchate, Austin Frakt & Kathleen Carey (Authors). "Physician-Hospital Integration and Efficiency of Accountable Care Organizations." Poster presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Economics and Public Health, Atlanta, GA, June 2018.
Nicolae Done (Chair & Author), Julia C. Prentice, Adam J. Batten, Eric Gunnink, Paul L. Hebert, Philip W. Sylling, Stephan D. Fihn (Authors). Steven Pizer (Discussant). "Development of a New Risk-Adjustment Procedure for Primary Care Panels in the Veterans Health Administration." Panel at the 7th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Economics and Public Health, Atlanta, GA, June 2018.
Steven Pizer (Chair). "Market Forces and Public Healthcare: Lessons from the VA." Panel Presentation: Taeko Minegishi (Author), Richard Nelson (Discussant) "Effect of Market Forces on Quality of Care." Christine Yee (Author), Adrienne Sabety (Discussant). "Clinical Staffing and Veterans' Access to Primary Care." Nicholas Done (Author), Christine Yee (Discussant). "The Trade-off between Follow-ups and New Visits in a Capacity-Constrained Primary Care System." Panel presentation at the 7th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Economics and Public Health, Atlanta, GA, June 2018.
Eric Roberts et al (Authors), Austin Frakt (Discussant). "The Value-Based Payment Modifier: Program Outcomes and Implications for Disparities." Article of the Year Session presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 2018.
Ashish Jha (Chair), Irene Papanicolas, Austin Frakt & Adrianna McIntyre (Speakers). "What Explains Higher Spending in the US: Prices, Utilization or Intensity." Roundtable at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 2018.
Rachel Ramoni & David Atkins (Chairs), Taeko Minegishi, Melissa Garrido & Julie Williams (Speakers), Michael Stein (Discussant). "Recent Developments in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders." VA sponsored session presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 2018.
Austin Frakt (Chair). "Public Policy, Insurance Market, and Health System Management: Factors Affecting Access ot Care for Low-income and Vulnerable Veterans." Panel Presentation: Taeko Minegishi (Author), "Managing a Market for Publicly Provided Healthcare." Aigerim Kabdiyeva (Author), "Nurse Burnout in the Veterans Health Administration." Christine Yee (Author), "Insider and Outsider Access to Care in Public Healthcare Delivery Systems." Papers presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 2018.
Melissa Garrido (Presenter). "Identifying and Addressing Mental Health Needs of Hospitalized Seriously Ill Veterans." Paper presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Melissa Garrido (Chair). "Variation in End-of-Life Care Quality across Systems, Providers and Time." Panel Presentation: Julie Bynum et al. (Authors), "Nurse Serious Illness and End of Life Care Less Aggressive than General Population." Helena Temkin-Greener et al. (Authors), "Rehabilitation Therapy for Nursing Home Residents at the End-of-Life: When is Enough, Enough?" Joan Teno et al. (Authors), "State Variation in Mechanical Ventilation of Hospitalized Patients with Advanced Dementia." Risha Gidwani-Marszowski et al. (Authors), "End-of-Life Quality in Medicare Versus VA: Implications for Health Policy." Joan Teno et al. (Authors), "Change in End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries 2000-2015: Site of Death, Place of Care, Health Care Transitions, and Burdensome Care." Papers presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA. June 2018.
Melissa Garrido, Caterina Hill, Amy Kilbourne, & Taeko Minegishi (Presenters). "Developing Evidence-Based Policy to Improve Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients." Panel presented at Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN) 2018 conference on Improving Health and Well-Being: Connecting Research and Practice, Minneapolis, MN, April 2018.
2017
Jeremy Grimshaw (Moderator), Austin Frakt, Mark Helfand, Trish Riley, & Melissa Simon (Speakers). "What is the Minimum Level of Evidence Needed to Implement?" Plenary Session at the 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Arlington, VA December 2017
Steven Fihn (Moderator), Austin Frakt, Neil Evans, & Clinton Greenstone (panelists), "VA Healthcare—A Case Study in Transforming to a High Performing Network," at ECRI Institute's 24th Annual Conference "Workflow, Workarounds, and Overworked health Systems: Innovations and Challenges for Quality, Safety, and Technology," Washington DC, November 2017.
Melissa Garrido & Taeko Minegishi. Using VA Data to Inform the Design of Partnered Randomized Program Evaluations," VA Information Resource Center (VIREC) Cyberseminar, August 2017.
Kali Thomas, PhD (moderator and panelist), Melissa Garrido, PhD; Chris Esmurdoc, MSSA; and Nina Sperber, PhD. "Veteran Directed Home and Community Based Services Evaluation: Collaboration for a Common Mission," at the 2017 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference “Accelerating Innovation and Implementation in Health System Science," Washington, DC July 2017.
Amresh Hanchate presented "External Determinants of Veteran's Demand of VA Healthcare," at the 2017 HSR&D/QUERI National Conference “Accelerating Innovation and Implementation in Health System Science," Washington, DC, July 2017.
Melissa Garrido, Katherine Ornstein Elissa Kozlov, Yuhua Bao, and Holly Prigerson presented a poster on "Evidence of Clinical Uncertainty? Geographic Variation in Benzodiazepine and Antipsychotic Prescriptions to Patients with Limited Life Expectancy,” at the AcademyHealth 2017 Annual Research Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 2017.
Melissa Garrido participated on the panel "Partnering and Pragmatic Trials in a Learning Health Care System: Lessons from the Private and Public Sectors," chaired by David Atkins, at the AcademyHealth 2017 Annual Research Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 2017.
Christine Yee and Taeko Minegishi participated on the panel "Optimizing Resources to Respond to the VA Access Crisis," chaired by Amy Kilbourne, at the AcademyHealth 2017 Annual Research Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 2017.
Penrod JD, Garrido MM, McKendrick K, Aldridge M, May P, Meier D, Ornstein K, and Morrison RS presented the poster "Who Is Referred for Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation?" at the poster symposium at AcademyHealth 2017 Annual Research Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 2017.
Steven Pizer participated on the panel "From Data to Implementation and Back Again: Lessons from VA’s Emerging Learning Health System," chaired by Maria Souden at the AcademyHealth 2017 Annual Research Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 2017.
Austin Frakt participated on a panel on “Developing Evidence-Based Policy to Address the Opioid Epidemic,” at the 2017 AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, Washington, DC, January 2017.
2016
Garrido M, Magaziner J. Observational and Quasi-Experimental Research Methods (Junior Faculty Workshop). Presentation at the Tenth Annual Kathleen M. Foley Palliative Care Retreat and Research Symposium, Québec City Québec, October 2016.
Hwang U, Dresden S, Rosenberg M, Garrido M, Loo G, Sze J, Gravenor S, Kang R, Courtney DM, Zhu C, Richardson L. GEDI WISE: Evaluation of the transitional care nurse intervention impact on hospital admissions from the ED. Plenary presentation at the American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, Las Vegas NV, October 2016.
Garrido, M. Intro to Propensity Scores. Presentation to VA Comprehensive End-of-Life Care’s PROMISE/Veteran Experience Center, via web, September 2016.
Yee C. How Should Public Resources be Allocated to Maximize Access to Mental Health Care? Presented at the Third Meeting on Patient Reported Outcomes and Person-Centered Care in Mental Health: Outcomes in Mental and Addictive Disorders: Personal, Clinical and Social Perspectives, hosted by International Center for Mental Health Policy and Economics, Washington DC, September 2016.
Yee C. Impact of a VHA Hiring Initiative on Wait Times. UMBC Applied Econometrics Group Seminar, Baltimore, MD, September 2016.
Burke L, Khullar D, Orav E, Frakt A, Jha A. Do Academic Medical Centers Have a Differential Benefit for Medically Complex Medicare Beneficiaries? Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Done N. The Total Patient Revenue Program in Maryland Led to a Decrease in Rural Hospital Care Utilization. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Done N. Global Budget Payments Led to a Decrease in Low-Value Hospital Admissions in Rural Maryland. Presentation to State Health Policy Interest Group and poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Figueroa J, Frakt A, Lyon Z, Zhou X, Jha A. Characteristics and Spending Patterns of the Non-Elderly High-Need/High Cost Patients in Massachusetts. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Hwang U, Dresden S, Rosenberg M, Garrido M, Loo G, Sze J, Gravenor S, Kang R, Courtney DM, Richardson L. GEDI WISE: Impact of an Emergency Department-Based Transitional Care Nursing Intervention on Hospitalizations for Older Adults. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Edwards S, Saha S, Prentice J, Pizer S. Preventing Hospitalizations with Home-Based Primary Care: Which Patients Benefit Most? Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Frakt A.Validating Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mental Health Performance Measures with Patient Satisfaction. Presentation at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Garrido M, Bao Y, Ornstein K, Prigerson H. Geographic Variation in Antidepressant Prescriptions for Seriously Ill United States Veterans. Poster presentation at the World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Dublin, Ireland, June 2016.
Garrido M, Spillman B. Using Survey and Administrative Data to Evaluate End-of-life Care Provision and Outcomes. Panel at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Garrido M, Burgess J, Morrison R. Sensitivity of Inferences to Propensity Score Weight Choice: Kernel Versus Inverse Probability of Treatment. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Garrido, M. Propensity Scores with Multiple Treatment Levels. Panel at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Mull H, Rosen A, Hawn M, Itani K, Pizer S. Predictors of Hospitalization after Outpatient Surgery in the Veterans Health Administration. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Johnson G, Lyon Z, Frakt A. Plan-Provider Integration in the Medicare Advantage Market. Poster presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Pizer S, Prentice J, Frakt A. Patient-Centered Validation and Maintenance of Performance Metrics Constructed from Administrative Data: Metrics That Matter. Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA, June 2016.
Pizer S. VA Perspectives on Multi-Modal Therapies. Presentation at the National Academies of Science (Institute of Medicine), Washington DC, June 2016.
Prentice J, Li D, Legler A, Pizer S. Optimizing Access Metrics in the VA. Health Economics Resource Center Seminar, via web, June 2016.
Edwards S, Prentice J, Som S, Pizer S. Preventing Hospitalizations with Veterans Affairs Home Based Primary Care: Which Patients Benefit Most? Plenary Session at Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, May 2016.
Frakt A, Hanchate A. External Determinants of Veterans’ VA Healthcare Utilization. Health Economics Resource Center Seminar, via web, May 2016.
Pizer S, Prentice J, Frakt A. Introduction to the Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center and Randomized Program Evaluation. Presentation to Friends of VA Research, Washington DC, May 2016.
Frakt A. How Can State and Federal Antitrust Policy Serve Health Care Consumers. Invited panel member at Manhattan Institute, New York, NY, March 2016.
Frakt A. Validating and Applying VA Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Performance Measures through Operations-Partnered Investigation. HERC Health Economics Seminar, via web, March 2016.
Garrido M. Mental Illness and Mental Health Care Receipt among Seriously Ill Veterans. VA Career Development Awardee Cyberseminar, March 2016.
Garrido M. Mental Illness and Mental Health Care Receipt among Seriously Ill Patients. Presentation at Brown University Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Providence, RI, February 2016.
Prentice J. The Power of Observational Data to Compare Effectiveness of Medications on Long Term Outcomes. Medication Optimization Program, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research Boston, MA, January 2016.
2015
Frakt A. A Press Release is Not Enough. Invited speaker, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, December 2015
Pizer S. Big Data, Causal Inference, and Instrumental Variables. Quantitative Methods Core Seminar, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, November 2015
Frakt A. Data Access in Open Science. Moderator breakfast plenary, PCORI Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, October 2015.
Frakt A. Healthcare Reform Peer Exchange. Panel member, American Journal of Managed Care, New York, NY, September 2015
Pizer S. The Overlooked Importance of Glucose Variability in Type 2 Diabetes. Presentation at HSR&D/QUERI National Meeting, Philadelphia PA, July 2015
Prentice J, Pizer S, Davies M. Relationship Between Appointment Wait Times and Outcomes of Care in the VA. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 2015
Frakt A. A Press Release is Not Enough. Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2015
Frakt A. Hospitals, Cost-Shifting, and Medicaid Provider Payments. Invited speaker, State Capitol Briefing, Madison, WI, May 2015
Frakt A. Hospitals, Cost-Shifting, and Medicaid Provider Payments. Invited speaker, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and Health Innovation Program Campus Seminar, Madison, WI, May 2015
Frakt A. The Health Care Revolution No One's Talking About: Changing How We Pay for Care. Invited speaker, Reporting on Health at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, via web, March 2015
Frakt A. Health Care Market Consolidation: The Future of Health Care Pricing and Transparency. Invited speaker at the AHIP National Health Policy Conference, Washington DC, March 2015
Pizer S. Big Data, Causal Inference, and Instrumental Variables. Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, January 2015
Pizer S. Controlling Health Costs: Why and How. Massachusetts Health Council, Pharmacy Public Health Policy Symposium, Framingham, MA, January 2015
Frakt A. What Geographic Variation says about Efficiency. Discussant at the Allied Social Science Association meeting, Boston, MA January 2015
2014
Frakt A. A Press Release is Not Enough. Invited speaker, Center for Health Care and Policy Research, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, October 2014
Frakt A. Beyond Peer Review: Packaging Your Work for Different Audiences. Panel member, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, June 2014
Prentice J, Pizer S. What Does Agreed Upon Date Measures? Department of Veterans Affairs Access State of the Art Conference, Washington DC, June 2014
Pizer S. Big Data, Observational Studies, and Health Reform: The Rho Chi Annual Lecture. Presentation to the Rho Chi Honor Society, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, April 2014
Prentice J, Pizer S. The Power of Observational Data to Compare Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes on Long-Term Outcomes. Health Economics Resource Center Cyberseminar, April 2014
2013
Pizer S. The Cost and Quality Implications of Dual Use of VA and Medicare Health Services. Presentation, VA HSR&D Cyberseminar, July 2013
Pizer S. Instrumental Variables: Concepts and Application, Methods Workshop, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 2013
Frakt A. Press Release is Not Enough. Invited speaker, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, April 2013
Frakt A. Dual Diagnosis: What makes the health system inefficient and what to do about it. Invited speaker, Association of Governmental Risk Pools Spring Conference, Daytona Beach, FL, March 2013
2012
Frakt A. The Effect of Plan-Provider Integration on Premiums and Quality in the Medicare Advantage Market. Invited speaker, Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, December 2012
Pizer S, Frakt A, Iezzoni L. The Effect of Health Reform on Public and Private Insurance in the Long Run. American Society of Health Economics, Minneapolis, MN, June 2012
Frakt A. A Press Release is Not Enough. Invited keynote, Applying Research to Improve Our Health System: 50 Years of Michigan Excellence, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2012
Prentice J, Pizer S. Outpatient Waiting Time Measures and Patient Satisfaction. Health Economics Resource Center Cyberseminar, May 2012
Frakt A. The Media’s Role in Health Policy. Invited plenary, AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, Washington, DC, February 2012
2011
Frakt A. Austerity and Reform: Threats or Opportunities? Invited speaker, The Health Management Academy, Treasurers’ Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2011
Frakt A. Treatment for Substance Use Disorders within the Veterans Health System. Invited speaker, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL October 2011
Pizer S. Introduction to Selection Bias in Observational Studies, Methods Workshop, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle WA, June 2011
Pizer S. Use and Construction of Instrumental Variables, Methods Workshop, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle WA, June 2011
Pizer S, Frakt A, Iezzoni L. The Effect of Health Reform on Public and Private Insurance in the Long Run. Poster Presentation, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle WA, June 2011
Pizer S. How to Use Econometrics to Reform Health Care, Fellows’ Seminar, Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research, VA Boston Health Care System, Boston MA, May 2011
Frakt A. The Greatest Challenge: The US Health Care Crisis and the Complexities of Reform. Invited speaker, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL April 2011
Pizer S, Frakt A, Iezzoni L. The Effect of Health Reform on Public and Private Insurance in the Long Run. Current Topics in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Seminar, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester MA, March 2011
2010
Pizer S, Frakt A. Iezzoni L. The Effect of Health Reform on Public and Private Insurance in the Long Run. Oral Presentation, American Society of Health Economists Conference, June 2010
Frakt A, Pizer S, Feldman R. The Effect of Medicare Payment Reductions on Private Plan Entry. Poster Presentation, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2010
Prentice J, Pizer S. The Effect of Waiting Time for Primary Care on Diabetes Management. Poster Presentation, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Jun 2010
Pizer S, Prentice J. Time is Money: Outpatient Waiting Times and Health Insurance Choices of Elderly U.S. Veterans. Oral Presentation, American Society of Health Economist, June 2010
Pizer S. Introduction to Selection Bias in Observational Studies. Oral Presentation, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Chicago, June 2010
2009
Pizer S. Instrumental Variables: Overview and an Application. Oral Presentation, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 2009
Frakt A, Pizer S, Iezzoni L. Holes in the Safety Net: Trends in Uninsurance Rates for Individuals with Functional Impairment or Chronic Illness. Poster Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 2009
Prentice J, Pizer S. Are VA Health Care Services Rationed? Using VA Wait Times to Model Supply and Demand for VA Services. Poster Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 2009
Prentice J, Pizer S. Time is Money: The Value of Time Spent Waiting for Healthcare in the United States. Oral Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 2009
Pizer S, Prentice J. Supply, Demand, and Waiting Times for VA Outpatient Care. Oral Presentation, HERC Health Economics Cyber Seminar, May 2009
Pizer S, Prentice J. Time Isn’t Money: Outpatient Waiting Times and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Elderly U.S. Veterans. Oral Presentation, BU/Harvard/MIT Health Economics Seminar, Cambridge, MA, April 2009
Prentice J, Pizer S. Dual System Use and Drug Adherence among VA Patients with Hypertension. Poster Presentation at the VA HSR&D National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2009
Prentice J, Pizer S. Why Do Some VA Facilities Have Long Waits? Poster Presentation at the VA HSR&D National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2009
Frakt A, Pizer S. New Options for Elderly Veterans: Medicare Prescription Drug Plans. Poster Presentation at the VA HSR&D National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2009
2008
Frakt A, Pizer S. The Effects of Premium, Benefits, and Marketing Networks on Enrollment into Medicare Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans. Oral Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC, 8 June 2008
Pizer S. Selection Bias and Method Choice in Observational Studies. Oral Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC, June 2008
Pizer S, Gardner J. Is Fragmented Financing Bad for Your Health? Poster Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC, June 2008
Hendricks A. US Financing for Long-Term Care. Oral Presentation at the Geriatrics and Extended Care Conference, Chicago, IL. March 2008
Frakt A, Pizer S, Hendricks A. Getting VA Drug Prices for More Medicare Enrolled Veterans. Poster Presentation at the VA HSR&D National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2008
Pizer S, Prentice J. Waiting Times and Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalization. Oral Presentation at the VA HSR&D National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2008
Pizer S, Gardner J. Is Fragmented Financing Bad for Your Health? Oral Presentation at the VA HSR&D National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2008
2007
Pizer S, Frakt A, Feldman R. Nothing for Something: Paying Twice for Prescription Drug Benefits in Medicare. Presentation, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Orlando FL, June 2007
Pizer S. Selection Bias and Confounding in Observational Studies. Methods Workshop AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Orlando FL, June 2007
Pizer S, Maciejewski M. Propensity Scores and Selection Bias in Observational Studies. Health Economics Resource Center Cyber Seminar. January 2007
2006
Pizer S, Frakt A, Feldman R. Nothing for Something: Paying Twice for Prescription Drug Benefits in Medicare. Oral Presentation at Boston College Department of Economics Seminar Series, Boston, MA, October 2006
Pizer S, Frakt A, Feldman R. Overloaded: Are There Too Many Health Plan Choices in Medicare?" Oral Presentation at Northeastern University Department of Economics Seminar Series, Boston, MA, October 2006
Prentice J, Pizer S. Delayed Access to Health Care and Mortality. Oral Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, Washington, June 2006
Pizer S, Frakt A, Feldman R. Stormclouds on the Horizon: Expected Adverse Selection in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans. Oral Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, Washington, June 2006
Frakt A, Pizer S. A First Look at the New Medicare Prescription Drug Plans. Oral Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, Washington, June 2006
Pizer S, Frakt A, Feldman R. Stormclouds on the Horizon: Expected Adverse Selection in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans. Oral Presentation at the American Society of Health Economists, Madison, Wisconsin, June 2006
Pizer S. Comments on Demand for the Influenza Vaccine Among the Elderly. Oral Presentation at the American Society of Health Economists, Madison, Wisconsin, June 2006
Pizer S, Frakt A, Feldman R. Stormclouds on the Horizon? Predicting Adverse Selection in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans. Oral Presentation at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, January 2006
2005
Pizer, S. Comments on Prospects for PPOs Under Medicare. Oral Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Boston, MA, June 2005
Pizer S, Feldman R, Frakt A. Defective Design: An Inconsistent Approach to Regional Competition in the Medicare Modernization Act Will Be Very Costly For Taxpayers. Presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Boston, MA, June 2005
Pizer S, Wang M, Comstock C. You Get What You Pay For: Using Input Prices to Validate Quality of Care Measures. Poster Presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Boston, MA, June 2005
2004
Pizer S. Comments on Medicare Drug Benefits Papers. Presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2004
