AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting (ARM)

Abt Global’s health services research team participated in the AcademyHealth 2024 Annual Research Meeting, the leading health policy event of the year. Our experts shared their latest research and methods that are advancing healthcare policies and programs.

Thanks to all who stopped by our booth 111/113 to chat with our experts or snapped a professional headshot. 

Abt Podium Presentations 

Session: New Evidence from Medicare Payment and Delivery Changes
Location: Room 328-329 Level 300
Monday, July 1 | 8:00 am - 9:15 am
Title: Impact of the Oncology Care Model (OCM) on Medicare Payments, Utilization, and Care Delivery: From Start to Finish
Presenter: Derek Hoodin

Session: Optimizing Guideline-Concordant Prescribing and Clinical Management
Location: Room 336, Level 300 
Monday, July 1 | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm 
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 
POSTER ID A-217: 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

POSTER ID A-229: Impact of Minimum Nurse Staffing Requirements on Staffing Levels, Quality, and Safety in Massachusetts Nursing Homes 
Presenter: Alan White

POSTER ID A-100: Impact of the Oncology Care Model on End-of-Life Care
Presenter: Matt Trombley

POSTER ID A-80: How Does the Use of High-Cost Treatments Impact Utilization of the Fee-for-Service Medicare Hospice Benefit? 
Presenter: Michael Plotzke

POSTER ID A-249: 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 
POSTER ID B-262: Patient-Reported Outcomes from the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Evaluation Among Hip Fracture Patients 
Presenter: Matt Trombley

POSTER ID B-208: Home Health Agency Profitability and Access to Home Health Care 
Presenter: Matthew Forsstrom

POSTER ID B-196: Trends in Medicare Beneficiary Payments for Non-Hospice Services during Hospice Elections 
Presenter: T.J. Christian

Monday, July 1 | 9:30am – 10:45am 
POSTER ID C-367: Assessing Equity in Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model 
Presenter: Sharmini Radakrishnan

POSTER ID C-377: 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

POSTER ID C-273: Coordination with Primary Care Providers in the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Advanced Model 
Presenter: Caroline Logan

POSTER ID C-385: Impact of the Oncology Care Model (OCM) on Delivery of Equitable Care for Historically Underserved Patients Based on Race, Ethnicity, and Poverty
Presenter: Matt Trombley

POSTER ID C-75: 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 
POSTER ID D-229: Designing Pediatric Medicaid Alternative Payment Models in the Integrated Care for Kids Model 
Presenter: Morgan Michaels

POSTER ID D-212: Recapping the First Two Years of the Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model 
Presenter: Jared Hite

POSTER ID D-348: Examining Health Literacy Among Home Health Patients – a First Look 
Presenter: Mariana Sarango Cancel

POSTER ID D-325: A First Look at Assessing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in Home Health Using OASIS-E 
Presenter: Sarah Miner

POSTER ID D-290: Early Results of Needs Assessment and Risk Stratification in the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model 
Presenter: Kimberly Groover

POSTER ID D-258: 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
Location: Johnson 1st Floor Hilton

Contract Research Job Fair
Monday, July 1 | 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Location: Peale 1st Floor Hilton

Professional Headshots
Sunday, June 30 
Location: Abt Booth 111/113

Career Connections Office Hours 
Monday, July 1 | 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Abt Booth 111/113