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Leavitt Partners to Present Research at 2018 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

Salt Lake City, June 22, 2018 — Leavitt Partners is pleased to announce that the firm will present 12 research posters at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, WA June 24-26, 2018. The Annual Research Meeting (ARM) is the premier forum for health services research, with a program designed specifically for health services researchers, providers, key decision makers, clinicians, graduate students, and research analysts to examine emerging research and trends that impact improving health care access and quality.

Posters are selected for presentation based on the likelihood that the research will have an impact on the research community or represent a major advance in the field. All posters will be presented at the Washington State Convention Center –Exhibit Hall 4AB. The topics for Leavitt Partners posters include:

Social Determinants Matter, But Who Is Responsible? 2017 Survey of Physicians on Social Determinants of Health

  • Poster Session: Public and Population Health
  • Monday, June 25, 6:45 PM – 8:15 PM
  • Co-authors: Lia Winfield, Karen DeSalvo, David Muhlestein

Medicare Alternative Payments Models: Not Every Provider Has a Path Forward

  • Poster Session: Payment and Delivery Systems Innovations
  • Monday, June 25, 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
  • Co-authors: Angela Bowen, Natalie Burton, David Muhlestein

No Evidence That ACO-Affiliated Hospitals Are Narrowing Their Networks

  • Poster Session: Payment and Delivery Systems Innovations
  • Monday, June 25, 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
  • Co-authors: Nathan Smith and David Muhlestein

Lessons from the 2017 Annual ACO Survey: What Do Current Trends Tell Us About the Future of Accountable Care?

  • Poster Session: Payment and Delivery Systems Innovations
  • Monday, June 25, 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
  • Co-authors: Kate de Lisle, Teresa Litton, Allison Brennan, David Muhlestein

Engagement of Accountable Care Organizations in Acute Care Redesign: Results of a National Survey

  • Poster Session: Payment and Delivery Systems Innovations
  • Monday, June 25, 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
  • Co-authors: Michelle Lin, David Muhlestein, Jeremiah Schuur

ACO Maturity Score – A Metric to Assess an Organization’s Progress in Accountable Care

  • Poster Session: Payment and Delivery Systems Innovations
  • Monday, June 25, 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
  • Co-authors: Billy Caughey, Ben Gong, Jenna Jackson, David Muhlestein

Accountable Care Organizations Are Increasingly Led By Physician Groups Rather Than Hospitals or Health Systems

  • Poster Session: Payment and Delivery Systems Innovations
  • Monday, June 25, 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
  • Co-authors: David Muhlestein and Carrie Colla

What Causes Accountable Care Organizations to Leave the Medicare Shared Savings Program? A Longitudinal Survival Analysis, 2013-2016

  • Poster Session: Medicare
  • Sunday, June 24, 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
  • Co-authors: William Bleser, Robert Saunders, David Muhlestein, Mark McClellan

Market Factors Associated with Medicare Costs and Cost Growth

  • Poster Session: Medicare
  • Sunday, June 24, 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
  • Co-authors: Nathan Smith, David Muhlestein, Lia Winfield

A Framework for Understanding Health Care Markets: What Matters and Why

  • Poster Session: Translation, Dissemination, Implementation, and Impact
  • Sunday, June 24, 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
  • Co-authors: Douglas Hervey and David Muhlestein

The State of Value in U.S. Health Care

  • Poster Session: Improving Safety, Quality, and Value
  • Monday, June 25, 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
  • Co-authors: Patricia Doxey, Kerstin Edwards, Natalie Burton, Erik Krisle, David Muhlestein

Nationally, Individual and Group Markets Look Increasingly Similar

  • Poster Session: Coverage, Access, and Medicaid
  • Sunday, June 24, 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
  • Co-authors: Sean Mullin, Austin Bordelon, Alan Hanson, Lia Winfield, David Muhlestein

About Leavitt Partners

Leavitt Partners is a health care intelligence business. The firm helps clients successfully navigate the evolving role of value in health care by informing, advising, and convening industry leaders on value market analytics, alternative payment models, federal strategies, insurance market insights, and alliances. Through its family of businesses, the firm provides investment support, data and analytics, member-based alliances, and direct services to clients to support decision-making strategies in the value economy. For more information, visit leavittpartners.com.