The UW ASPIRe Lab disseminates our work through academic journals and conferences as well as through venues targeted at policymakers and clinical stakeholders.
Featured Publications & Presentations
From the PAC Policy Impact Study
- Prusynski RA, Leland NE, Humbert A, Dahal A, Brown C, Amaravadi H, Saliba D, Mroz T. Changes in skilled nursing and home health admissions associated with Medicare payment reforms and the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024 December 16. doi: 10.1111/jbs.19322
- Leland NE, Prusynski RA, Shore A, Cary Jr M, Falvey J, Mroz TM, Saliba D. Skilled nursing facility staffing shortages: Sources, strategies, and impacts on staff who stayed. Health Services Research. 2024 June 25. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14355.
- Leland NE, Brown C, Shore A, Cary Jr M, Reed K, Saliba D. Efforts to support the mental health and well-being of nursing home staff: insights from leaders. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2024 Aug; 25(8):105051.
- Skilled Nursing Facility Changes in Ownership and Short-Stay Medicare Patient Outcomes. JAMA Network Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2334551. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.34551.
- Prusynski RA, Humbert A, Leland NE, Frogner BK, Saliba D, Mroz TM. Dual impacts of Medicare payment reform and the COVID-19 pandemic on therapy staffing in skilled nursing facilities. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2022 Dec 26. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18208. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36571515.
- Prusynski RA, Leland NE, Frogner BK, Leibbrand C, Mroz TM. Therapy Staffing in Skilled Nursing Facilities Declined after Implementation of the Patient-Driven Payment Model. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2021 Oct;22(10):2201-2206. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.04.005. Epub 2021 May
- Leland NE, Rouch SA, Prusynski RA, Shore AD, Kaufman H, Hoover LP, Mroz TM, Freburger JK, Saliba D. Implementation of US Post-Acute Care Payment Reform and COVID-19 Policies: Examining Experiences of Health System Leaders, Staff, Patients, and Family Caregivers-A Protocol. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Oct 23;20(20):6959. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20206959.
Other Recent Publications
- Prusynski RA, Mroz TM, Frogner B. Differences in staffing for non-nursing occupations across U.S. skilled nursing facilities during 2018-2023. Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington, September 2024.
- Prusynski RA, D’Alonzo A, Johnson M, Mroz T, Leland N. Differences in home health services and outcomes between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(3):e235454.
- Prusynski RA, Frogner BK, Mroz TM. Staffing Trends for Non-Nursing Occupations in Skilled Nursing Facilities in the United States between 2018-2022. Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington, November 2023.
- Brown C, Prusynski R, Baylor C, Humbert A, Mroz TM. Patient Characteristics and Treatment Patterns for Speech-Language Pathology Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology. 2024 Mar 7;33(2):912-936. doi: 10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00025. Epub 2024 Jan 12.
- Prusynski RA, Frogner BK, Rundell SD, Pradhan S, Mroz TM. Is More Always Better? Financially Motivated Therapy and Patient Outcomes in Skilled Nursing Facilities. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2023 Aug 3:S0003-9993(23)00428-8. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.07.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37541357.
- Brown, C., Mroz, T.M., Canter, B, Prusynski RA. Current Evidence on the Impact of Medicare Payment Policy on Stroke Rehabilitation in Skilled Nursing Facilities. Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40141-023-00420-8
Conference Presentations
- June 2022: Tracy Mroz presented on Home Health agency closures during implementation of the Patient Driven Groupings Model and the COVID-19 Pandemic at the Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network (LeaRRn) Virtual Institute on Rehabilitation Payment Models.
- November 2022: Cait Brown presented on delivery of speech language pathology services in Skilled Nursing Facilities at the 2022 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention.
- February 2023: Rachel Prusynski presented on the dual impacts of Medicare payment reform and the COVID-19 pandemic on therapy staffing at the 2023 American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting.
- June 2023: ASPIRe lab participated in multiple poster and podium presentations at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting.
- Tracy Mroz and Rachel Prusynski presented at the 2023 AHCA/NCAL Delivering Solutions Convention in Denver, Colorado, as invited speakers for the Rehabilitation Therapy Program.
- June 2024: ASPIRe lab participated in multiple poster and podium presentations at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting.
- November 2024: ASPIRe lab presented on home health safety, post-acute care access for patients with disabilities, Medicare Advantage in home health, and more at the Gerontological Society of America GSA 2024.
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