Adjusting Medicare Advantage Star Ratings for Socioeconomic Status and Disability
We examine the impact of socioeconomic status and disability adjustments on Medicare Advantage plans' and prescription drug plans' contract star ratings.
Anagha Tolpadi (she/her) is a senior statistical analyst at RAND. She conducts statistical analyses to address research questions in a variety of health policy areas, such as health equity, quality of care, patient satisfaction, and pay-for-performance. She conducts statistical analyses using a variety of statistical methods such as propensity scoring, survey data analysis, survival analysis, mixed and multi-level modeling, and imputation of missing data. She applies survey methodology to design and implement sampling processes and to analyze complex data using analytic techniques such as sampling weights, case-mix adjustment, response rate analyses, and mode effects. She leads sampling and other analytic tasks, interprets quantitative results, and compiles findings for internal and external dissemination.
Tolpadi is proficient in many statistical softwares, such as SAS, R, Stata, and IVEware. She received her M.S. in biostatistics from the University of Michigan and her B.A. in statistical science from Cornell University.
Education
M.S. in biostatistics, University of Michigan; B.A. in statistical science, Cornell University
Selected Work
- Tolpadi, A., Parast, L., Elliott, M. N., Haas, A., Bradley, M., Wolf, J., Teno, J. M., DeYoreo, M., Fuentes, L., & Price, R. A., "Effects of a Web-Mail Mode in a Randomized Experiment on Response Rates and Responses to a Care Experience Survey," Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 2024
- Tolpadi, A., Sorbero, M. E., DeYoreo, M., Elliott, M. N., & Damberg, C. L., "Understanding the Social Risk Factor Adjustment’s Effect on Star Ratings," The American Journal of Managed Care, 29(12), 2023
- Tolpadi, A., Elliott, M. N., Becker, K., Lehrman, W., Stark, D., & Parast, L., "Exploring Which Patients Use Their Closest Emergency Departments Using Geocoded Data," The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 65(4), 2023
- Tolpadi, A., Elliott, M. N., Waxman, D., Becker, K., Flow-Delwiche, E., Lehrman, W., Stark, D., & Parast, L, "National Travel Distances for Emergency Care," BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), 2022
- Leyenaar, J., Tolpadi, A., Parast, L., Esporas, M., Britto, M. T., Gidengil, C., Wilson, K., Bardach, N., Basco, W., Brittan, M., Williams, D. J., Wood, K., Yung, S., Dawley, E., Elliott, A., Manges, K., Plemmons, G., Rice, T., Wiener, B, & Mangione-Smith, "Collaborative to Increase Lethal Means Counseling for Caregivers of Youth with Suicidality," Pediatrics, 150(6), 2022
- Chen, P., Tolpadi, A., Elliott, M. N., Hays, R. D., Lehrman, W., Stark, D., & Parast, L., "Gender Differences in Patients' Experience of Care in the Emergency Department," Journal of General Internal Medicine, 37(3), 2022
- Parast, L., Tolpadi, A., Teno, J. M., Elliott, M. N., & Price, R. A., "Hospice Care Experiences Among Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers," Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36(4), 2021
- Shetty, K., Tolpadi, A., Robbins, M., Taylor, E., Campbell, K., & Damberg, C., "Nursing Home Responses to Performance-based Accountability: Results of a National Survey," Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(9), 2020
Authored by Anagha Alka Tolpadi
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