AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting (ARM)

Join Abt Global’s health services research team at the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting , the leading health policy event of the year. Learn about our latest research, methods and approaches that are advancing healthcare policies and programs.

Abt is a proud Silver Sponsor at this year’s event. Stop by booths 111 & 113 to chat with our experts, take a professional headshot on Sunday, or check out one of the presentations or special events listed below. See you in Baltimore!

Abt Podium Presentation 
Location: Room 336, Level 300 
Monday, July 1 | 11:00am – 12:15pm 
Title: Prescribing Practices before and after Pain Management, Opioid Prescribing, and Opioid Use Disorder Evidence-Based Guideline Implementation in Health Systems: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Study 
Presenter: Sarah Shoemaker-Hunt

Abt Poster Presentations 
Location: Halls A-B, Level 100

Sunday, June 30 | 8:00am – 9:15am 
Title: Building Statewide Heart Health Capacity in Primary Care: Baseline Findings from the Quality Improvement Efforts in AHRQ’s Evidencenow Building State Capacity Grants 
Presenter: Jennifer Dolatshahi

Title: Impact of Minimum Nurse Staffing Requirements on Staffing Levels, Quality, and Safety in Massachusetts Nursing Homes 
Presenter: Alan White

Title: How Does the Use of High-Cost Treatments Impact Utilization of the Fee-for-Service Medicare Hospice Benefit? 
Presenter: Michael Plotzke

Title: Patient Care Experience and Change in Functional Status Under the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced Model 
Presenter: Sharmini Radakrishnan

Sunday, June 30 | 5:00pm – 6:15pm 
Title: Patient-Reported Outcomes from the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Evaluation Among Hip Fracture Patients 
Presenter: Matt Trombley

Title: Home Health Agency Profitability and Access to Home Health Care 
Presenter: Matthew Forsstrom

Title: Trends in Medicare Beneficiary Payments for Non-Hospice Services during Hospice Elections 
Presenter: T.J. Christian

Monday, July 1 | 8:00am – 9:15am 
Title: Assessing Equity in Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model 
Presenter: Sharmini Radakrishnan

Monday, July 1 | 9:30am – 10:45am 
Title: Differences in Outcomes By Race/Ethnicity in Health Systems Implementing Evidence-Based Pain Management, Opioid Prescribing, and Opioid Use Disorder Guidelines between 2015 and 2019 
Presenter: Sarah Shoemaker-Hunt

Title: Coordination with Primary Care Providers in the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Advanced Model 
Presenter: Caroline Logan

Title: Sustaining Cooperatives to Support Statewide Heart Health Capacity in Primary Care: A Broadening Definition of Sustainability 
Presenter: Ellen Childs

Monday, July 1 | 5:00pm – 6:15pm 
Title: Designing Pediatric Medicaid Alternative Payment Models in the Integrated Care for Kids Model 
Presenter: Morgan Michaels

Title: Recapping the First Two Years of the Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model 
Presenter: Jared Hite

Title: Examining Health Literacy Among Home Health Patients – a First Look 
Presenter: Mariana Sarango Cancel

Title: A First Look at Assessing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in Home Health Using OASIS-E 
Presenter: Sarah Miner

Title: Early Results of Needs Assessment and Risk Stratification in the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model 
Presenter: Kimberly Groover

Title: Never-COVID: Assessing Protective Factors Against Sars-Cov-2 Infection in a High-Exposure-Risk Occupational Cohort 
Presenter: Robin Bloodworth

Special Events

Contract Research Networking Breakfast
Sunday, June 30 | 7:00 am - 8:00 am

Contract Research Job Fair
Monday, July 1 | 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm