Advancing Health Services & Policy in Rehabilitation @UWRehabMed | Co-Directors Tracy Mroz, PhD, OTR/L & Rachel Prusynski, DPT, PhD
Seattle, WA
Joined May 2022
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New @UW_ASPIRe publication in @AJMC_Journal from our partnership with @BAYADAHHC examines differences in care delivery and outcomes between Traditional Medicare and two types of #MedicareAdvantage plans:
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In person today! @UW_ASPIRe trainee presenting a UW Data Science seminar on Modeling Patient Outcomes After Amputation: Comparing Machine Learning and Traditional Approaches
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Our latest policy report led by RHRC Investigator Tracy Mroz @UW_ASPIRe compares home health care utilization between Traditional Medicare & Medicare advantage for rural & urban beneficiaries. 🔗 Read the full report: bit.ly/3VxngYk
The @UW_ASPIRe lab just received a Notice of Award from @NIH for a 2-year study with partners @BAYADAHHC titled:
Relationships between home health care delivery practices and patient outcomes: key evidence for high-value care
We are excited to get to work!
Free to download for 50 days from @ArchivesPMR - our new article "Reductions in therapy provision in skilled nursing facilities after Medicare payment reform and during the COVID-19 pandemic: An interrupted time series analysis"
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Interested in long term services and support mentorship? Want to chat with academic and/or non-academic professionals? Sign up to be a mentor or mentee here: academyhealth.org/profession…
Together with @uwchws, @UW_ASPIRe contributed research to guide policy recommendations for strengthening Washington state's #LTC workforce which were recently sent to the state legislature and Governor.
Read the full report: wtb.wa.gov/wp-content/upload…
Congratulations to our co-director @doc_doc_pru for this research innovation award through @LearrnNetwork
Much gratitude to @LearrnNetwork and @BAYADAHHC for the support & nomination!
A post-acute care access double header this week!
New in The Gerontologist @geronsociety- this work focused on #Medicare beneficiaries with #Disabilities, exploring how admissions to #SkilledNursing and #HomeHealth changed during #PDPM #PDGM and #COVID19
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Out today in @AGSJournal, funded by @NIHAging:
Our team (@PittSHRS @UWRehabMed & UCLA) used 100% Medicare claims to examine how admissions to skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies were impacted by @CMSGov payment reforms and the #COVID19 pandemic:
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More trainee congratulations, this week to our PhD Trainee Rachael Rosen who recently received a doctoral training award from the Orthotics & Prosthetics Foundation!
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Congrats to our PhD Trainee Harsha Amaravadi for winning this year's @geronsociety Social Research, Policy, & Practice Best Student Poster Award!
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Harsha worked with mentors in @UWRehabMed and @hspop_uw to examine potential problematic coding in Medicare SNF claims.
We look forward to welcoming @geronsociety folks to Seattle for #GSA2024! @UW_ASPIRe will be sharing our work at multiple sessions, starting with tomorrow's (Weds) poster session kickoff:
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Impacts of Payment Reform and COVID-19 on Postacute Care Access for Older Adults With Disabilities: cdmcd.co/Ed5aAQ
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Kamala Harris’s proposal for expanding Medicare to cover long-term care at home is a hopeful sign for millions of Americans, though key questions remain about eligibility, coverage, payments, and financing. Read the full Perspective: nej.md/4hrJl4j
ALT Long-term care is not a partisan issue. Every family must grapple with it regardless of politics, income, or geography. Perspective Madeline R. Sterling, M.D., M.P.H., and David C. Grabowski, Ph.D.