Arlene S. Ash, PhD, is Professor and Chief, Division of Biostatistics and Health
Services Research, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School. She is a methods expert on risk adjustment in health
services research. Dr. Ash has pioneered tools for using administrative data to monitor
and manage health care delivery systems, including those now relied upon by the US
Medicare program. In 1996, she co-founded DxCG, Inc., a company with over 350 national
and international clients to promote “fair and efficient health care” via predictive
software. DxCG is now the science division of Verisk Health, where Dr. Ash provides
regular consulting. Many of her more than 150 research publications reflect her
long-standing interests in women’s health; gender, age and racial disparities; and,
quality, equity and efficiency in health care financing and delivery. She is also
actively involved in improving US electoral integrity. 

Articles

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Risk-adjusted payment and performance assessment for primary care (with Randall P. Ellis), Medical care (2012)
 

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Contraceptive insurance mandates (with Ellen R. Shaffer and Mona Sarfaty), Medical care (2012)
 

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Why are a quarter of faculty considering leaving academic medicine? A study of their perceptions of institutional culture and intentions to leave at 26 representative U.S. medical schools (with Linda H. Pololi, Edward Krupat, Janet T. Civian, and Robert T. Brennan), Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (2012)
 

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Disparities by race, ethnicity, and sex in treating acute coronary syndromes (with Karen M. Freund, Alice K. Jacobs, Julie A. Pechacek, and Hilary F. White), Journal of women's health (2002) (2012)
 

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The business case for quality improvement: oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation (with Adam J. Rose, Dan R. Berlowitz, Al Ozonoff, Elaine M. Hylek, and Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert), Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes (2011)
 

Contributions to Books

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Risk Adjustment of Outcomes (with Michael Shwartz and Lisa I. Iezzoni), Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making (2009)
 

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Administrative Health Data (with Lisa I. Iezzoni and Michael Shwartz), Health Statistics: Shaping Policy and Practice to Improve the Population's Health (2005)
 

Presentations and Posters

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Risk-Based Bonus Payments for the Patient-Centered Medical Home (with Randall P. Ellis), Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat (2011)