The annual Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Conference convenes high-level scholarship and the latest innovations in aging research disciplines. Join our experts in Tampa for #GSA2023, Building Bridges > Catalyzing Research > Empowering All Ages, to hear the latest health research and strategies to advance the field of aging.
Abt staff will present the following sessions:
Session Title: Stress, Racial and Economic Disparities, and Health
Socioeconomic Disparities in the Medicare Hospice Care Index (HCI) Indicators
Friday, November 10, 2023
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Location: Room 122
Abt Presenter: Michael R. Plotzke, Ph.D.
Author(s): Michael R. Plotzke, Ph.D.; Thomas Christian, Ph.D., Abt Global
Session Title: Health and Social Services Interventions
Opioid Prescribing and Opioid Use in Older Adults: Building and Refining a Change Package for Primary Care
Saturday, November 11, 2023
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET
Location: Exhibit Hall West
Abt Presenter: Ellen Childs, MA, Ph.D.
Author(s): Ellen Childs, MA, Ph.D.; Megan Noel, MPH; Clarissa Hsu, Ph.D.; Sarah Shoemaker-Hunt, Ph.D., PharmD; Nicole Keane, MSN, RN, CPHQ, Abt Global; Michael Parchman, MD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute; Kendall Hall, MD, MS, Pantheon
Session Title: Minority and Diverse Populations (Papers) II
Disparities in Election, Access, and Outcomes in Medicare End-of-Life Care: A National Study
Saturday, November 11, 2023
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Location: Room 117
Abt Presenter: Thomas Christian, Ph.D.
Author(s): Thomas Christian, Ph.D., Michael R. Plotzke, Ph.D., Mariana Sarango Cancel, Ph.D., MPH, Catherine Hersey, MPH, Zinnia Harrison, MHS, Abt Global
Additional Resources
Improving Patient Choice: Meaningful Measures of Home Health and Hospice Care Quality
To help patients and their families find high quality home health and hospice care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires support for developing and maintaining patient assessment tools and quality measures for its Home Health and…
Collecting Infectious Disease Data in Nursing Homes
Infectious diseases can spread quickly through nursing homes, leading to high morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored this, causing over 1.7 million SARS-CoV-2 cases and almost 168,000 deaths among nursing…
Helping Get the Kinks out of Home Health Prospective Payments
Changes in the complex prospective payment system (PPS) for home health agencies (HHAs) may have led to HHA behavior changes that thwarted the modifications’ goals. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wanted an assessment of…
Monitoring Medicare’s Home Health, Hospice, and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Benefits
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health, hospice, home infusion therapy, home IVIG, and IRF benefits require constant monitoring of payment policy—and revisions, as needed—to ensure they are working as intended. This enables…
Assessing HUD’s IWISH Model for Aging in Place
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) designed the Integrated Wellness in Supportive Housing (IWISH) model to help elderly adults in HUD-assisted multifamily housing age in place. New staff at IWISH sites—full-time Resident Wellness…
Achieving Health Equity Takes More Than Data
Health equity isn’t just about data, policy, or DEIA goals, it’s about combining solutions to health, housing, climate, and more with those most impacted.
Managing Opioid Use and Misuse in Older Adults
Older adults are twice as likely as the general population to have pain, and clinicians often rely on opioid treatment. As a result, opioid use, misuse, and opioid use disorder have increased among older adults, who are vulnerable to adverse reactions…