2021
How Total Performance Scores of Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program Hospitals Change Over Time
Ramirez A, Marsh K, McMurry T, Turrentine F, Tracci M, Jones R. How Total Performance Scores of Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program Hospitals Change Over Time. Journal For Healthcare Quality 2021, 44: 78-87. PMID: 34469925, DOI: 10.1097/jhq.0000000000000321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician-owned surgical hospitalsTotal performance scoreAccountable care organizationsValue-based purchasingHospital typeCenters for MedicareMedicare Value-Based PurchasingGeneral HospitalPerformance scoresPerformance-based financial incentivesSurgical hospitalsDisproportionate share hospital paymentsLongitudinal linear mixed-effects modelsCase mix indexIndividual domain scoresCare organizationsMedicare daysLinear mixed-effects modelsHospital changesInpatient daysPatient dischargeDomain scoresHospital paymentsPatient satisfactionKaiser hospitals
2020
The ups and downs of general surgery resident experience in endocrine surgery: Analysis of 30 years of ACGME graduate case logs
Ramirez A, Fashandi A, Hanks J, Smith P, Potts J. The ups and downs of general surgery resident experience in endocrine surgery: Analysis of 30 years of ACGME graduate case logs. Surgery 2020, 168: 586-593. PMID: 32811696, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.07.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndocrine surgery casesGeneral surgery residentsSurgery casesSurgery residentsGeneral surgery resident experienceExperience of general surgery residentsGeneral surgery casesAdrenal operationsParathyroid operationsThyroid operationsMedian numberEndocrine operationsEndocrine surgeryProcedure typeResident surgeonsLinear regression analysisCase-mixDescriptive statisticsSurgeonsResident levelTrainee experienceResident experienceRegression analysisAverage total numberAmerican Association
2019
Next Generation of Global Surgeons: Aligning Interest With Early Access to Global Surgery Education
Scott E, Fallah P, Blitzer D, NeMoyer R, Sifri Z, Alliance G, Acker R, Aharon S, Alty I, Anyanwu C, Beck N, Brandt A, Briggs L, Caminita C, Chaet A, Chan J, Chiu L, Cueto C, Daneshdoost S, Edalatpour R, Garba D, Giles A, Gualy S, Haider A, Hamilton C, Hauser B, He P, Im C, Jayaram A, Jhun R, Joshi A, Kahanu A, Kim N, Kim R, Lauffer S, McHargue C, Meeks M, Mehta A, Mendoza A, Miller M, Nourian M, Ottesen T, Patel P, Peck C, Pyarali M, Ramirez A, Rehman S, Shankar B, Stetson A, Still M, Tutunjian A, Yibrehu B, Yu K, Hanna J, Peck G. Next Generation of Global Surgeons: Aligning Interest With Early Access to Global Surgery Education. Journal Of Surgical Research 2019, 240: 219-226. PMID: 30986637, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.03.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlobal surgery educationPreclinical yearsMedical educationMedical studentsSurgery educationFuture curriculum developmentCurriculum developmentMedical schoolsGlobal surgeryGlobal surgery electiveGlobal surgeonsEducationAnonymous online surveyStudentsSuch programsSchoolsNext generationOnline surveyEarly exposureDescriptive dataSurgery issuesProgramCurriculumHalf of respondentsChi-squared testing
2018
Observations on the Medicare Value-Based Ranking of Hospitals During Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016
Jones R, Ramirez A, Stukenborg G, Tracci M, Turrentine F. Observations on the Medicare Value-Based Ranking of Hospitals During Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2018, 34: 136-143. PMID: 30043617, DOI: 10.1177/1062860618791045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician-owned surgical hospitalsValue-Based Purchasing ProgramTotal performance scoreDomain scoresKaiser hospitalsFiscal yearMedicare's value-based purchasing programAccountable care organization hospitalsWorld Report Honor Roll hospitalsUniversity HealthSystem Consortium hospitalsRankings of hospitalsHospital typeConsortium hospitalsHospital groupMultilevel random coefficient modelingSurgical hospitalsOrganization hospitalsKaiserHospitalPerformance scoresCareMedicareUS NewsPurchase programsScores
2016
Physician-Owned Surgical Hospitals Outperform Other Hospitals in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program
Ramirez A, Tracci M, Stukenborg G, Turrentine F, Kozower B, Jones R. Physician-Owned Surgical Hospitals Outperform Other Hospitals in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2016, 223: 559-567. PMID: 27502368, PMCID: PMC5045811, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital case mix indexPhysician-owned surgical hospitalsCase mix indexTotal performance scoreHospital performanceKaiser PermanenteHospital Value-Based Purchasing ProgramSurgical hospitalsGeneralized linear model assessed differencesValue-Based Purchasing ProgramCompare hospital performanceWorld Report Honor Roll hospitalsHigh-value hospitalsBusiness modelsPerformance scoresKaiser Permanente hospitalsUS NewsUniversity HealthSystem ConsortiumMedicare hospitalizationsProgram hospitalsConsortium membersQuality improvementFinancial incentivesPolicy-making decisionsMedicare