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.
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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)
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