Virginia Wang

Dados Biográficos

ID	5536624
NOME	Virginia Wang
PRENOMES	Virginia
SOBRENOME	Wang
ASSINATURA	WANG V
AFILIAÇÕES	Primary Health Care
ORCID	0000-0002-2344-200X
VERIFICADO	Sim
TOTAL DE OBRAS	8
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES	0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR	8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR	0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2011
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2025
ÍNDICE H	0

Outcomes of Community-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury
Virginia Wang, Lindsay Zepel et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2025Referências: 14
BACKGROUND: Community-acquired acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) occurs outside of the hospital and is the most common form of AKI. CA-AKI is not well understood, which hinders efforts to prevent, identify, and manage CA-AKI. OBJECTIVE: Examine 30-day outcomes following CA-AKI using national administrative and lab data from the Veterans Health Administration (VA). RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SUBJECTS: VA primary care patients with rec…
Medicare Enrollment and Spending Among Patients Initiating Dialysis After the Affordable Care Act
Open AccessVirginia Wang, Lauren E Wilson et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024
This cross-sectional study demonstrates that lower Medicare enrollment rates over time among those initiating dialysis may be inducing higher social spending. This finding raises concerns about the effectiveness of Medicare policies and federal leverage to improve access, outcomes, and value of dialysis care
Trends in Dialysis Industry Consolidation After Medicare Payment Reform, 2006-2016
Open AccessCaroline E Sloan, Abby Hoffman et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2021
In this cohort study of continental US Medicare-certified dialysis facilities, small-chain and independently owned facilities retained a declining share of the dialysis market. Further research should evaluate the effect of continued dialysis market consolidation on patient access, health care utilization, and clinical outcomes
Comparing Mortality of Peritoneal and Hemodialysis Patients in an Era of Medicare Payment Reform
Virginia Wang, Cynthia J Coffman et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021Referências: 38
BACKGROUND: Prior studies have shown peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients to have lower or equivalent mortality to patients who receive in-center hemodialysis (HD). Medicare's 2011 bundled dialysis prospective payment system encouraged expansion of home-based PD with unclear impacts on patient outcomes. This paper revisits the comparative risk of mortality between HD and PD among patients with incident end-stage kidney disease initiating dialysis in…
Prescriber Continuity and Disease Control of Older Adults
Matthew L Maciejewski, Bradley G Hammill et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2017Referências: 31
BACKGROUND: Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions are typically seen by multiple providers, particularly specialists. Clinically appropriate referrals to multiple specialists may compromise the continuity of care for multiple chronic condition beneficiaries and create care plans that patients may find challenging to reconcile, which may impact patient outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to examine whether glycemic control or …
Linkage of Laboratory Results to Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims
Bradley G Hammill, Lesley H Curtis et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2015Referências: 14
BACKGROUND: Medicare is the single largest purchaser of laboratory testing in the United States, yet test results associated with Medicare laboratory claims have historically not been available. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe both the linkage of laboratory results data to Medicare claims and the completeness of these results data. In a subgroup of beneficiaries initiating angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotens…
Impact of Automated Reporting of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in the Veterans Health Administration
Virginia Wang, Bradley G Hammill et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2015Referências: 23
BACKGROUND: Early detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is important for slowing progression to renal failure and preventing cardiovascular events, but CKD is often not recognized and patients are referred to nephrologists too late for timely management. Automated laboratory reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) has been introduced in many health systems to improve CKD recognition, but its impact on large, US-…
Early Evidence on the Quality of Care Provided by Special Needs Plans
Matthew L Maciejewski, Virginia Wang et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2011Referências: 8
BACKGROUND: Medicare Advantage special needs plans (SNPs) have grown significantly over the past 7 years, but patient outcomes have only recently been publicly reported. METHODS: Reporting rates and scores on 4 publicly reported Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures of 697 SNPs in 2008 are examined, as are SNP characteristics associated with reporting HEDIS scores. RESULTS: SNP participation increased from 11 plans se…

Early Evidence on the Quality of Care Provided by Special Needs Plans
Matthew L Maciejewski, Virginia Wang et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2011Referências: 8
BACKGROUND: Medicare Advantage special needs plans (SNPs) have grown significantly over the past 7 years, but patient outcomes have only recently been publicly reported. METHODS: Reporting rates and scores on 4 publicly reported Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures of 697 SNPs in 2008 are examined, as are SNP characteristics associated with reporting HEDIS scores. RESULTS: SNP participation increased from 11 plans se…
Linkage of Laboratory Results to Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims
Bradley G Hammill, Lesley H Curtis et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2015Referências: 14
BACKGROUND: Medicare is the single largest purchaser of laboratory testing in the United States, yet test results associated with Medicare laboratory claims have historically not been available. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe both the linkage of laboratory results data to Medicare claims and the completeness of these results data. In a subgroup of beneficiaries initiating angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotens…
Impact of Automated Reporting of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in the Veterans Health Administration
Virginia Wang, Bradley G Hammill et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2015Referências: 23
BACKGROUND: Early detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is important for slowing progression to renal failure and preventing cardiovascular events, but CKD is often not recognized and patients are referred to nephrologists too late for timely management. Automated laboratory reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) has been introduced in many health systems to improve CKD recognition, but its impact on large, US-…
Prescriber Continuity and Disease Control of Older Adults
Matthew L Maciejewski, Bradley G Hammill et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2017Referências: 31
BACKGROUND: Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions are typically seen by multiple providers, particularly specialists. Clinically appropriate referrals to multiple specialists may compromise the continuity of care for multiple chronic condition beneficiaries and create care plans that patients may find challenging to reconcile, which may impact patient outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to examine whether glycemic control or …
Trends in Dialysis Industry Consolidation After Medicare Payment Reform, 2006-2016
Open AccessCaroline E Sloan, Abby Hoffman et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2021
In this cohort study of continental US Medicare-certified dialysis facilities, small-chain and independently owned facilities retained a declining share of the dialysis market. Further research should evaluate the effect of continued dialysis market consolidation on patient access, health care utilization, and clinical outcomes
Comparing Mortality of Peritoneal and Hemodialysis Patients in an Era of Medicare Payment Reform
Virginia Wang, Cynthia J Coffman et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021Referências: 38
BACKGROUND: Prior studies have shown peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients to have lower or equivalent mortality to patients who receive in-center hemodialysis (HD). Medicare's 2011 bundled dialysis prospective payment system encouraged expansion of home-based PD with unclear impacts on patient outcomes. This paper revisits the comparative risk of mortality between HD and PD among patients with incident end-stage kidney disease initiating dialysis in…
Medicare Enrollment and Spending Among Patients Initiating Dialysis After the Affordable Care Act
Open AccessVirginia Wang, Lauren E Wilson et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024
This cross-sectional study demonstrates that lower Medicare enrollment rates over time among those initiating dialysis may be inducing higher social spending. This finding raises concerns about the effectiveness of Medicare policies and federal leverage to improve access, outcomes, and value of dialysis care
Outcomes of Community-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury
Virginia Wang, Lindsay Zepel et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2025Referências: 14
BACKGROUND: Community-acquired acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) occurs outside of the hospital and is the most common form of AKI. CA-AKI is not well understood, which hinders efforts to prevent, identify, and manage CA-AKI. OBJECTIVE: Examine 30-day outcomes following CA-AKI using national administrative and lab data from the Veterans Health Administration (VA). RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SUBJECTS: VA primary care patients with rec…