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  1. Article: Hospital Finances During the First Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Washington State Hospitals.

    Carroll, Nathan W / Shih, Shu-Fang / Karim, Saleema A / Lee, Shoou-Yih D

    Advances in health care management

    2024  Volume 22

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic created a broad array of challenges for hospitals. These challenges included restrictions on admissions and procedures, patient surges, rising costs of labor and supplies, and a disparate impact on already disadvantaged populations. ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic created a broad array of challenges for hospitals. These challenges included restrictions on admissions and procedures, patient surges, rising costs of labor and supplies, and a disparate impact on already disadvantaged populations. Many of these intersecting challenges put pressure on hospitals' finances. There was concern that financial pressure would be particularly acute for hospitals serving vulnerable populations, including safety-net (SN) hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs). Using data from hospitals in Washington State, we examined changes in operating margins for SN hospitals, CAHs, and other acute care hospitals in 2020 and 2021. We found that the operating margins for all three categories of hospitals fell from 2019 to 2020, with SNs and CAHs sustaining the largest declines. During 2021, operating margins improved for all three hospital categories but SN operating margins still remained negative. Both changes in revenue and changes in expenses contributed to observed changes in operating margins. Our study is one of the first to describe how the financial effects of COVID-19 differed for SNs, CAHs, and other acute care hospitals over the first two years of the pandemic. Our results highlight the continuing financial vulnerability of SNs and demonstrate how the factors that contribute to profitability can shift over time.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; COVID-19 ; Pandemics ; Hospitals, State ; Washington ; Hospitals
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-23
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1474-8231
    ISSN 1474-8231
    DOI 10.1108/S1474-823120240000022007
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  2. Article ; Online: Hospital Performance in the First 6 Years of Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Program.

    Carroll, Nathan W / Clement, Jan P

    Medical care research and review : MCRR

    2020  Volume 78, Issue 5, Page(s) 598–606

    Abstract: The Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) program, ongoing since 2013, uses financial bonuses and penalties to incentivize hospital quality improvements. Previous research has identified characteristics of penalized hospitals, but has not examined ... ...

    Abstract The Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) program, ongoing since 2013, uses financial bonuses and penalties to incentivize hospital quality improvements. Previous research has identified characteristics of penalized hospitals, but has not examined characteristics of hospitals with improvements in VBP program performance or consistent good performance. We identify five different trajectories of program performance (improvement, decline, consistent good or poor performance, mixed). A total of 11% of hospitals were penalized every year of the program, 24% improved their VBP program performance, 14% of hospitals consistently earned a bonus, while 18% performed well in the program's early years but experienced declines in performance. In 2013, organizational and community characteristics were associated with higher odds of improving relative to performing poorly every year. Few variables under managers' control were associated with program improvement, though accountable care organization participation was in some models. We find changes in VBP program metrics may have contributed to improvement in some hospitals' program scores.
    MeSH term(s) Accountable Care Organizations ; Aged ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Medicare ; Quality Improvement ; United States ; Value-Based Purchasing
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-17
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1232314-7
    ISSN 1552-6801 ; 1077-5587
    ISSN (online) 1552-6801
    ISSN 1077-5587
    DOI 10.1177/1077558720927586
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  3. Article ; Online: Does Interdisciplinary Care Team Care Management Improve Health Quality and Demonstrate Cost-Effectiveness?

    Feagin, F Cardwell / Hearld, Larry R / Carroll, Nathan W / O'Connor, Stephen / Sen, Bisakha

    Medical care research and review : MCRR

    2023  Volume 81, Issue 1, Page(s) 19–30

    Abstract: This study evaluated the impact of an interdisciplinary care teams (IDCT) care management program on cost and quality outcomes using a novel algorithm to identify 400 high-risk patients out of 48,235 Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries. Of the 400, 252 ...

    Abstract This study evaluated the impact of an interdisciplinary care teams (IDCT) care management program on cost and quality outcomes using a novel algorithm to identify 400 high-risk patients out of 48,235 Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries. Of the 400, 252 were enrolled in the IDCT care management intervention program, while the remaining 148 were not enrolled. A second comparison group consisted of 660 who were referred to the IDCT program but not selected by the algorithm. The program's effectiveness was evaluated 1-year postintervention. Analyses found that health care costs for members enrolled in the IDCT program were reduced by US$1,121.76 and US$1,625.61 per member per month, respectively, relative to those not enrolled and those enrolled by referral. The cost reduction from the program generated a net savings of US$1.9MM, covering the program's cost. Findings suggest IDCTs can cost-effectively manage populations of high-risk patients with better selection and fostering greater interdependence.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Humans ; United States ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Medicare ; Health Care Costs ; Patient Care Team
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1232314-7
    ISSN 1552-6801 ; 1077-5587
    ISSN (online) 1552-6801
    ISSN 1077-5587
    DOI 10.1177/10775587231197846
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  4. Article: Assessing the Performance Value of the Baldrige Journey: A Comparison of Baldrige Applicants and Nonapplicants.

    Strahan, Jennifer O / Hearld, Larry R / Carroll, Nathan W / McWhorter, John / Szychowski, Jeff M

    Journal of healthcare management / American College of Healthcare Executives

    2022  Volume 67, Issue 4, Page(s) 266–282

    Abstract: Goal: The national Baldrige program has supported performance excellence in healthcare since 1999. Previous studies have compared the performance of Baldrige hospital recipients to nonrecipients. This study, however, sought to address the question of ... ...

    Abstract Goal: The national Baldrige program has supported performance excellence in healthcare since 1999. Previous studies have compared the performance of Baldrige hospital recipients to nonrecipients. This study, however, sought to address the question of whether the mere pursuit of the Baldrige award provides value.
    Methods: This study used propensity score matching with linear and quantile regression techniques to understand the impact of hospitals applying the Baldrige Excellence Framework across a comprehensive set of standardized industry performance measures, regardless of award recognition.
    Principal findings: The analysis demonstrated that Baldrige applicants outperformed non-Baldrige applicants in select operational measures of efficiency (such as inpatient average length of stay), patient experience, and financial measures (including return on net assets, days in accounts receivable, and expenses as a percentage of patient revenues). However, there was no statistically significant difference in clinical performance between Baldrige applicants and nonapplicants.
    Practical applications: The findings from this study suggest that hospital leaders can realize significant gains with select operational and financial measures without compromising clinical outcomes when applying the Baldrige Excellence Framework to their organizations.
    MeSH term(s) Awards and Prizes ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Facilities ; Humans ; United States
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1418083-2
    ISSN 1944-7396 ; 1096-9012
    ISSN (online) 1944-7396
    ISSN 1096-9012
    DOI 10.1097/JHM-D-21-00045
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  5. Article ; Online: Improving risk stratification using AI and social determinants of health.

    Carroll, Nathan W / Jones, Art / Burkard, Todd / Lulias, Cheryl / Severson, Kylie / Posa, Tori

    The American journal of managed care

    2022  Volume 28, Issue 11, Page(s) 582–587

    Abstract: Objectives: To determine whether a risk prediction model using artificial intelligence (AI) to combine multiple data sources, including claims data, demographics, social determinants of health (SDOH) data, and admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: To determine whether a risk prediction model using artificial intelligence (AI) to combine multiple data sources, including claims data, demographics, social determinants of health (SDOH) data, and admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) alerts, more accurately identifies high-cost members than traditional models.
    Study design: The study used data from a Medicaid accountable care organization and included a population of 61,850 members continuously enrolled between May 2018 and April 2019.
    Methods: Risk scores generated by 2 models were estimated for each member. One model, developed by Medical Home Network, used AI to analyze SDOH data, ADT activity, and claims and demographic characteristics, whereas the other model (Chronic Illness and Disability Payment System [CDPS]) relied only on demographic and claims information. To compare models, we calculated mean, median, and total spending for members with the highest 5% of AI risk scores and compared these with spending metrics for members with the highest 5% of CDPS scores. We also compared the number of members with the highest 5% of costs prospectively identified by each model as highest risk. We segmented the population by length of prior enrollment to control for varying levels of claims experience.
    Results: The AI model consistently identified a higher proportion of the highest-spending members. Members deemed highest risk by the AI model also had higher spending than members deemed highest risk by the CDPS model.
    Conclusions: Identification of high-cost members can be improved by using AI to combine traditional sources of data (eg, claims and demographic information) with nontraditional sources (eg, SDOH, admission alerts).
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; United States ; Social Determinants of Health ; Artificial Intelligence ; Medicaid ; Accountable Care Organizations ; Chronic Disease ; Risk Assessment
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2035781-3
    ISSN 1936-2692 ; 1088-0224 ; 1096-1860
    ISSN (online) 1936-2692
    ISSN 1088-0224 ; 1096-1860
    DOI 10.37765/ajmc.2022.89261
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  6. Article ; Online: Hospital ownership of postacute care providers and the cost of care.

    Carroll, Nathan W / Hearld, Larry R / Joseph, Reena

    Health care management review

    2019  Volume 45, Issue 4, Page(s) E35–E44

    Abstract: Background: Hospitals are facing incentives to manage the total cost of care for episodes of illness, including the costs of inpatient care as well as the cost of care provided by physicians and postacute care (PAC) providers. PAC is an especially ... ...

    Abstract Background: Hospitals are facing incentives to manage the total cost of care for episodes of illness, including the costs of inpatient care as well as the cost of care provided by physicians and postacute care (PAC) providers. PAC is an especially important component of the overall cost of care. One strategy hospitals employ in managing this cost is to own PAC providers. Prior work on the relationship between PAC ownership and cost has reached mixed conclusions.
    Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the associations between the episodic costs of care and hospital ownership of PAC providers, including skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), home health agencies (HHAs), and inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF).
    Methodology: We examine panel data on hospital ownership of PAC providers from the American Hospital Association for 2013-2015 and cost of care data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Value-Based Purchasing Program. Using ordinary least squares, we quantify the association between a hospital's PAC ownership choice (both ownership of any PAC provider and ownership of particular types of providers) and the episodic cost of care.
    Results: In 2015, 80% of hospitals owned some type of PAC provider. We find that ownership of SNFs and HHAs is associated with a lower episodic cost of care, whereas ownership of inpatient rehabilitation facilities is associated with higher episodic costs of care. The effects of ownership do not differ for hospitals that participate in a voluntary shared saving program (Bundled Payment for Care Improvement).
    Conclusion: The effects of PAC ownership vary by the type of PAC provider owned. Our results suggest that ownership of SNFs and HHAs may be a viable strategy for success in reimbursement programs that reward hospitals for managing the total costs for episodes of care.
    MeSH term(s) Aftercare/economics ; Aftercare/organization & administration ; Aged ; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S./economics ; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S./statistics & numerical data ; Health Care Costs ; Home Care Agencies/economics ; Hospitals/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Ownership/economics ; Ownership/statistics & numerical data ; Rehabilitation Centers/economics ; Skilled Nursing Facilities/economics ; United States ; Value-Based Purchasing/economics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-02-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 430366-0
    ISSN 1550-5030 ; 0361-6274
    ISSN (online) 1550-5030
    ISSN 0361-6274
    DOI 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000235
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  7. Article ; Online: Analyzing Workers' Compensation Claims and Payments Made Using Data from a Large Insurance Provider.

    Baidwan, Navneet Kaur / Carroll, Nathan W / Ozaydin, Bunyamin / Puro, Neeraj

    International journal of environmental research and public health

    2020  Volume 17, Issue 19

    Abstract: Background: All states in the USA have established Workers' Compensation (WC) insurance systems/programs. WC systems address key occupational safety and health concerns. This effort uses data from a large insurance provider for the years 2011-2018 to ... ...

    Abstract Background: All states in the USA have established Workers' Compensation (WC) insurance systems/programs. WC systems address key occupational safety and health concerns. This effort uses data from a large insurance provider for the years 2011-2018 to provide estimates for WC payments, stratified by the claim severity, i.e., medical only, and indemnity.
    Methods: Besides providing descriptive statistics, we used generalized estimating equations to analyze the association between the key injury characteristics (nature, source, and body part injured) and total WC payments made. We also provide the overall cost burden for the former.
    Results: Out of the total 151,959 closed claims, 83% were medical only. The mean overall WC payment per claim for the claims that resulted in a payment was $1477 (SD: $7221). Adjusted models showed that mean payments vary by claim severity. For example, among medical only claims, the mean payment was the highest for amputations ($3849; CI: $1396, $10,608), and among disability and death related claims, ruptures cost the most ($14,285; $7772, $26,255). With frequencies taken into account, the overall cost burden was however the highest for strains.
    Conclusions: Workplace interventions should prioritize both the costs of claims on average and the frequency.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Insurance Carriers ; Occupational Health ; Workers' Compensation ; Workplace
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-09-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ISSN 1660-4601
    ISSN (online) 1660-4601
    DOI 10.3390/ijerph17197157
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  8. Article: Enhancing Transitions From Rehabilitation Patient to Wellness Participant for People With Disabilities: An Opportunity for Hospital Community Benefit.

    Carroll, Nathan W / Hall, Allyson G / Feldman, Sue / Thirumalai, Mohanraj / Wade, Jamie Tinker / Rimmer, James H

    Frontiers in public health

    2020  Volume 8, Page(s) 105

    Abstract: Pressure is increasing on not-for-profit hospitals to demonstrate that they provide sufficient benefit to the community to justify their tax-exempt status. Many industry observers have suggested that this community benefit should address unmet medical ... ...

    Abstract Pressure is increasing on not-for-profit hospitals to demonstrate that they provide sufficient benefit to the community to justify their tax-exempt status. Many industry observers have suggested that this community benefit should address unmet medical needs within the community, deficits in the social determinants of health, or health disparities within communities. We argue that one area of clear unmet need is assistance in helping bridge the transition that people with disabilities (PWD) must make from rehabilitation patient to wellness participant. Programs to bridge this transition are necessary because many PWD struggle to identify strategies to maintain and maximize their own well-being after discharge from the healthcare system. As a result, PWD have worse health outcomes than non-disabled individuals. To address these needs, we propose hospitals take a leading role in establishing new, community-based efforts to provide PWD with benefits that will support their effort to self-manage health. Hospitals are well-suited to lead the creation of these programs because of the important role they play in providing services to PWD and because of their ability to bring together multiple stakeholders required to make supportive programs sustainable.
    MeSH term(s) Delivery of Health Care ; Disabled Persons ; Hospitals, Community ; Humans ; Tax Exemption
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-08
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2711781-9
    ISSN 2296-2565
    ISSN 2296-2565
    DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00105
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  9. Article ; Online: Environmental and organizational correlates and motivations for provider-sponsored health plan ownership in the post-reform era.

    Meese, Katherine A / Hearld, Larry R / O'Connor, Stephen J / Peterson, Mary Dale / Carroll, Nathan W / Sen, Bisakha

    Health care management review

    2021  Volume 47, Issue 3, Page(s) 188–198

    Abstract: Background: The 1980s to 1990s saw many health systems in the United States enter and exit the insurance market in the form of provider-sponsored health plans (PSHPs). Reforms and value-based reimbursement methods have stimulated health care ... ...

    Abstract Background: The 1980s to 1990s saw many health systems in the United States enter and exit the insurance market in the form of provider-sponsored health plans (PSHPs). Reforms and value-based reimbursement methods have stimulated health care organizations to reconsider PSHP as a logical strategy.
    Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine market and organizational factors associated with PSHP ownership and motivations for engaging in PSHP after health care reforms. The resource dependence theory was used as a theoretical lens.
    Methodology/approach: A sequential quantitative to qualitative mixed-methods design was used. The quantitative analysis examined data for 5,849 U.S. hospitals. Results were synthesized with qualitative findings from 10 semistructured interviews representing eight health systems in five states.
    Results: Organizational and environmental characteristics were significantly associated with PSHP ownership. Hospital and payer concentration, Medicare penetration, income, unemployment rate, government, and for-profit and metro area hospitals were associated with a lower likelihood of PSHP ownership. Salaried physician arrangements, clinically integrated network membership and adoption of other risk-bearing arrangements were associated with higher odds of PSHP ownership. Interviewees described PSHP as the culmination of the journey to value-based care and as a strategy to improve patient care, compete, and diversify revenue streams.
    Conclusions: Both market and organizational factors are important considerations for hospitals contemplating PSHP ownership, and motivations for ownership cover a broad range of financial, competitive, strategic, and mission-based goals.
    Practice implications: Hospitals considering PSHP ownership must carefully evaluate their competitive landscapes and organizational resources to ensure optimal conditions for this strategy. PSHP ownership has high start-up costs and requires a long-term organizational commitment.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Data Collection ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Medicare ; Motivation ; Ownership ; United States
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 430366-0
    ISSN 1550-5030 ; 0361-6274
    ISSN (online) 1550-5030
    ISSN 0361-6274
    DOI 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000316
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  10. Article ; Online: Capital Investment by Independent and System-Affiliated Hospitals.

    Carroll, Nathan W / Smith, Dean G / Wheeler, John R C

    Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

    2015  Volume 52

    Abstract: Capital expenditures are a critical part of hospitals' efforts to maintain quality of patient care and financial stability. Over the past 20 years, finding capital to fund these expenditures has become increasingly challenging for hospitals, particularly ...

    Abstract Capital expenditures are a critical part of hospitals' efforts to maintain quality of patient care and financial stability. Over the past 20 years, finding capital to fund these expenditures has become increasingly challenging for hospitals, particularly independent hospitals. Independent hospitals struggling to find ways to fund necessary capital investment are often advised that their best strategy is to join a multi-hospital system. There is scant empirical evidence to support the idea that system membership improves independent hospitals' ability to make capital expenditures. Using data from the American Hospital Association and Medicare Cost Reports, we use difference-in-difference methods to examine changes in capital expenditures for independent hospitals that joined multi-hospital systems between 1997 and 2008. We find that in the first 5 years after acquisition, capital expenditures increase by an average of almost $16,000 per bed annually, as compared with non-acquired hospitals. In later years, the difference in capital expenditure is smaller and not statistically significant. Our results do not suggest that increases in capital expenditures vary by asset age or the size of the acquiring system.
    MeSH term(s) Capital Financing/organization & administration ; Databases, Factual ; Financial Management, Hospital ; Hospitals, Private/economics ; Models, Econometric ; Multi-Institutional Systems/economics ; United States
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 42153-4
    ISSN 1945-7243 ; 0046-9580
    ISSN (online) 1945-7243
    ISSN 0046-9580
    DOI 10.1177/0046958015591570
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