Matthew Alcusky

Biographic Data

ID5535066
NAMEMatthew Alcusky
GIVEN NAMESMatthew
FAMILY NAMEAlcusky
SIGNATUREALCUSKY M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
ORCID0000-0001-5604-721X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Why patients stay in or leave a medically tailored meals program

    Open AccessSara C Folta, Jessica Burch et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Introduction: Medically tailored meals (MTMs) are home-delivered, nutritionally tailored meals designed for patients with complex or advanced diet-sensitive medical conditions and social stressors. Although MTM use can improve food security, diet quality, and health outcomes, and reduce overall healthcare use and cost, little is known about why patients enroll in, stay in, or withdraw from such programs. Methods: Between June 2023 and May 2024, w…

  • Facilitators and barriers to reach and enrollment into a medically tailored meals program within a section 1115 Medicaid pilot

    Open AccessSara C Folta, Jessica Burch et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction: Medically tailored meals (MTMs) are home-delivered, nutritionally tailored meals for individuals living with complex or advanced diet-sensitive medical conditions. In 2020, Massachusetts Medicaid implemented the Flexible Services Program (FSP) through a Section 1115 Demonstration, which funded novel nutrition programs, including MTMs, for high-risk patients through Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Little is known from the prac…

  • Geographic Variation of Antidementia and Antipsychotic Medication Use Among US Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

    Alison Rataj, Matthew Alcusky et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2024References: 38

    BACKGROUND: Several antidementia medications have been approved for symptomatic treatment of cognitive and functional impairment due to Alzheimer disease. Antipsychotics are often prescribed off-label for behavioral symptoms. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the basis for regional variation in antidementia and antipsychotic medication use. SETTING: US nursing homes (n=9735), hospital referral regions (HRR; n=289). SUBJECTS: Long-s…

  • Association of Social Determinants of Health With Adherence to Second-generation Antipsychotics for People With Bipolar Disorders in a Medicaid Population

    Jacqueline Pollack, Nien Chen Li et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2022References: 4

    Pollack, Jacqueline MSc; Dubare, Sonila MSPH, MA; Aduse-Poku, Livingstone MPH Author Information

  • Psychosocial Data

    Matthew AlcuskyARTICLEMedical Care2022References: 10

    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA The author declares no conflict of interest. Correspondence to: Matthew Alcusky, PharmD, PhD, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605. E-mail: [email protected]

  • Paper of Association of Social Determinants of Health With Adherence to Second-generation Antipsychotics for People With Bipolar Disorders in a Medicaid Population

    Nien Chen Li, Matthew Alcusky et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2022

    Li, Nien Chen PhD, MPH, MA; Alcusky, Matthew PhD, PharmD; Masters, Grace A. MD; Ash, Arlene PhD Author Information

  • Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Value-Based Care Models in New Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations in Massachusetts

    Open AccessSarah L Goff, Deborah Gurewich et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Introduction: Massachusetts established 17 new Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs) and 24 affiliated Community Partners (CPs) in 2018 as part of a large-scale healthcare reform effort to improve care value. The new ACOs will receive $1.8 billion dollars in state and federal funding over 5 years through the Delivery System Reform Incentive Program (DSRIP). The multi-faceted study described in this protocol aims to address gaps in knowle…

  • Should Medicare Advantage Plans Receive Billions in Additional Risk-based Payments for Potentially Unmanaged Conditions

    Matthew Alcusky, Eric O Mick et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 5

    Medicare Advantage (MA) (ie, Medicare Part C), a private alternative to traditional fee-for-service Medicare, was first implemented in 19851 but has seen its most significant growth in the past 15 years. Although MA accounted for 36% of Medicare enrollment in 2020, research examining this program has been limited historically by the low quality of MA encounter data and its lack of availability (until recently) to researchers

  • Complex Patients Have More Emergency Visits

    Eric O Mick, ERIC MICK et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 7

    IMPORTANCE: Better patient management can reduce emergency department (ED) use. Performance measures should reward plans for reducing utilization by predictably high-use patients, rather than rewarding plans that shun them. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to develop a quality measure for ED use for people diagnosed with serious mental illness or substance use disorder, accounting for both medical and social determinants of health (SDH)…

  • Geographic Variation in the Initiation of Commonly Used Opioids and Dosage Strength in United States Nursing Homes

    Jacob N Hunnicutt, Jonggyu Baek et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2018References: 39

    OBJECTIVES: To examine and quantify geographic variation in the initiation of commonly used opioids and prescribed dosage strength among older US nursing home residents. METHODS: We merged 2011 Minimum Data Set 3.0 to Medicare claims and facility characteristics data to conduct a cross-sectional study among long-stay nursing home residents who initiated short-acting opioids commonly used in nursing homes (oxycodone, hydrocodone, or tramadol). We …