In JAMA, we evaluate how a new health equity adjustment will impact performance and payments for nearly 3,000 US hospitals in the Value-Based Purchasing program, one of Medicare's cornerstone quality initiatives.

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Check out the #ACC24 keynote lectures:

◼️ Why Quality Increasingly Matters -Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox
◼️ Don't Stop Me Now: Achieving CV Health For Women -Dr. Emily Lau, MD, MPH
◼️ Time For a Revamp of the Clinical Evidence System -Dr. Dr. Robert M. Califf
◼️ & more
Learn more: bit.ly/3SkfAIg

Our NEJM piece describes why the value-based movement is facing hard truths. Most CMSGov models have ⬆️ (rather than ⬇️) spending by *billions*

Will a new effort encouraging states to adopt global healthcare budgets be the answer? Led by Suhas Gondi
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

A mighty congratulations to Zainab Mahmoud, MD, MSc, recipient of the 2023 Dr. Nanette K. Wenger Research Goes Red® Award. Here she is speaking about her work on racial disparities in specific maternal cardiovascular outcomes.  #AHA23 Zainab Mahmoud

Are your bags packed??🎤📣🔊🔊
Join us this Friday, Nov 10th at 3:30pm for a breath-taking QCOR scientific session on Health Equity! Let's dive into ways to improve health outcomes and tackle disparities and inequalities. Don't miss out! #HealthEquity #QCOR2023 #AHA23

So excited to welcome our incredible incoming GI fellow Janki Luther now presenting her work on LVAD and GI bleeding. ⁦Karen Joynt Maddox⁩ ⁦WashU Gastroenterology⁩

We are SO excited to announce our expanded center and incredibly grateful for support from @WUSTLpubhealth Washington U. Med ICTS @ WashU in STL and our amazing team members!

It’s becoming increasingly clear that value-based payment models should consider social risk when evaluating performance.

What are pros/cons of person- vs. neighborhood-level social risk adjustment?

We discuss in new JAMA Health Forum editorial Karen Joynt Maddox

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Our new JAMA study evaluates changes in the prevalence, treatment, & control of cardiovascular risk factors in #young #adults over the past decade, and reveals some concerning findings. (Thread)

Simultaneously published with #ACC23 #WCC2023 : ja.ma/3L0JEp1

This article using #LTCFocus data examines the impact of #Medicare bundled payments for care improvement on nursing staff levels. Read more here! Meiling Ying Helena Temkin-Greener Caroline P. Thirukumaran Karen Joynt Maddox ltcfocus.org/research-findi…

Karen Joynt Maddox, Kim Templeton, & Nicole Scott discussed how the recent abortion bans have affected doctors' training and their ability to provide skilled care to their patients, and they explored the importance of supporting women in the healthcare workforce.

We're hiring a center manager! Come help us start a new health services and policy research center at Washington U. Med - apply at the link or email w/?s wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External… Timothy McBride Anne Mobley Butler Gmerice Hammond, MD MPH Daniel K. Fox, MD, PhD 🦊 @sunny_c_lin Rachel Ancona, PhD and @ Kenton not on twitter!

Nursing homes were ground zero in the pandemic, and the toll of lockdown on residents was significant, even among those who didn't get COVID. Thread below from Michael L. Barnett on our findings:

New paper from our Humana research team out in Health Affairs today.

We share data from a national survey conducted to better understand the health-related social needs of our #MedicareAdvantage members.

Brief🧵highlighting a few key findings (1/6)

healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

Outstanding Wash U Cardiology Grand Rounds by Ziyad Al-Aly, MD on impact of long COVID on cardiovascular disease and other conditions! Thanks to Amanda Verma for leading discussion! @wustlcardfellow Andy Kates @sumanthprabhu01 Karen Joynt Maddox Prashanth D. Thakker

Attending #ACC22 ? Meet our cardiology editors at exhibit booth 1708:
Karen Joynt Maddox , JAMA: Sat Apr 2, 10:15-11am
Steve Bradley, JAMA Network Open: Sat Apr 2, 1-2pm
Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, JAMA Network Open: Sun Apr 3, 11:30am-12:30pm
@bonowr, JAMA Cardiology: Sun Apr 3, 2:30-3pm

Such a treat to get to have this conversation with Meena Seshamani about what’s coming in Medicare!

JAMA Podcast: Meena Seshamani, Director, Center for Medicare CMSGov, and JAMA Associate Editor Karen Joynt Maddox discuss Dr Seshamani’s recently established role as director of Center for Medicare. ja.ma/3Igd25y

Communicating your research with policymakers can have impact beyond the walls of your scientific community. Join the next #SciComm Seminar with Karen Joynt Maddox and Timothy McBride on April 13 to learn about getting involved in the policymaking process: bit.ly/3tlpNYx

🚨🚨Calling all early career health services researchers!
#AHEconIG presents a conversation with Karen Joynt Maddox and Anupam Jena on getting your work into the next level journal

Thursday March 31 at noon Eastern
Registration: bit.ly/3KXeoUJ