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GEOFFREY J. HOFFMAN, Ph.D., M.P.H.

University of Michigan School of Nursing

400 North Ingalls St., Rm 4352

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

734-764-8248

[email protected]

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1992 University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (transferred to Harvard)

1994 Bachelor of Arts, General Studies (English and American Language and

Literature concentration), Harvard College, Cambridge, MA

2008 Master's in Public Health, Health Policy and Management University of

California at Los Angeles, Westwood, CA

2015 Ph.D., Health Policy and Management, University of California at Los Angeles,

Westwood, CA

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

2002-2005 English Professor, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Aix-en-Provence,

France, Analyst in Health Insurance and Financing, Congressional Research

Service, 2009-2010

2007 Administrative Intern, Riverside County Regional Medical Center

2008–2009 Management Analyst in Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care, Veterans Health

Administration

2009 Management Analyst for Project WISH, the DC Breast and Cervical Cancer Early

Detection Program, District of Columbia Department of Health,

2011-2012 Graduate Student Researcher, Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA,

2013, 2015 Teaching Assistant, Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA,

2015-2017 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Nursing, University of Michigan,

2017-Present Tenure-track Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Michigan,

GRANTS

G. Hoffman and J. Li (Co-Pis) 2021 12 months

Syracuse University Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Role: Pilot funding ($30,000)

Pilot grant, " Effect of Medicaid expansion on low-income, aging adults’ use of informal care," examining

how Medicaid expansion influenced family and friend caregiving for adults ages 51-64.

J. Bynum (PI) 2020 12 months

Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer’s (CAPRA) $569,800

Role: Pilot funding ($40,000)

Pilot grant, "Patterns of Informal & Formal LTSS Use by Race & Ethnicity among Older Americans with

Dementia," exploring care and service patterns of older adults with dementia and their caregivers.

mailto:[email protected]


G. Hoffman (PI) 2019-2021 24 months

Elsie Anderson Fiske Research Fund $28,000

Treatment Patterns and Trajectories in Functioning and Cognitive Status among Older Individuals with

Dementia, according to Care Receipt and Minority Status


University of Michigan Pepper Center Pilot Grant $40,000

Exploring the Proportions of 30-Day Readmissions Associated with Fall-related Injuries and Hospital-

Acquired Infections


University of Michigan Older Americans Independence

Center (OAIC) Research Education Core (REC) Scholar

$45,000

R03 (AHRQ 1 R03 HS025838-01A1) 2018-2020 24 months

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality $$63,146

An Examination of How an Avoided Readmission Affects Hospitals Financially

G. Hoffman 2019 12 months

University of Michigan “M-Cubed” Funding $60,000

Health Equity And Financial Incentives: Disrupting Policy With Big Data

RO1 (NIH 1RF1AG055390-01) 05/01/2019 12 months

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia $11,296

Neurocognitive Disorder after Appendectomy in the Elderly: A Natural Experiment

Role: Co-Investigator


Elsie Anderson Fiske Research Fund $14,942

Exploring the Roles of Fall-Related Injuries, Healthcare-Associated Infections, And Cognitive

Impairments In Hospital Readmissions

Role: Co-Investigator 10/01/2016 12 months

CSIG Holding Co. and CIC Collaborative $10,000

Transitions of Care to Prevent Falls and Fall Injuries in Older Adults: Perceptions of Patients and Informal

Caregivers

HONORS AND AWARDS

2008 Presidential Management Fellowship, UCLA School of Public Health


2008 Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, UCLA School of Public Health

2008 Carolbeth Korn Award (Outstanding Graduate Student in School of Public

Health, $10,000), UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

2010-2012 UCLA-RAND Health Services Research Traineeship, supported by the Agency for

Healthcare Research and Quality

2012-2013 UCLA Graduate Division Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship

2013 The Academy Health Public Health Systems Research Scholarship

2013-2015 Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) TL1 Translational Science

Fellowship for Predoctoral Students, UCLA

2013 Honorable Mention, James G. Zimmer New Investigator Award from the Aging

and Public Health Section of the American Public Health Association for the

paper. “Receipt 2017 of Caregiving and Fall/FRI Risk among U.S. Community-

Dwelling Older Adults,” Cecilia and Joseph Blann Fellowship for academic

distinction ($10,000), UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

2013-2014 UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship

2017 James G. Zimmer New Investigator Award from Aging and Public Health Section

of the American Public Health Association) for the paper. “Underreporting of

Fall Injuries by Older Americans: Implications for Fall Risk Screening during the

Medicare Annual Wellness Visit.”

2020 Sigma, Rho Chapter’s Award for Friend of Nursing Award

2020 HSR Best of AcademyHealth for abstract, "Are Improvements Still Needed to the

Modified Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: a Health and Retirement

Study (2000-14)?"

2021 HSR Best of AcademyHealth for abstract, "Impact of Medicare Eligibility on

Informal Caregiving for Surgery and Stroke."

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2010 – 2012 Member, Gerontological Society of America

2010 – Member, AcademyHealth

2010 – Member, American Public Health Association

EDITORIAL POSITIONS, BOARDS, AND PEER-REVIEW SERVICE

2012 BMC Public Health, Manuscript Reviewer

2013, 2017 – 2018 Research on Aging, Manuscript Reviewer

2013 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Manuscript Reviewer

2014 Western Journal of Nursing Research, Manuscript Reviewer

2015 Journal of Family and Community Health

2016 Women's Health, Manuscript Reviewer

2016 Applied Research in Quality of Life, Manuscript Reviewer

2016 BMC Health Services Research, Manuscript Reviewer

2016, 2018 – 2021 Gerontologist, Manuscript Reviewer

2016, 2018 – 2019 Medical Care, Manuscript Reviewer

2016 Milbank Quarterly, Manuscript Reviewer


2016 – 2017, 2021 Health Services Research, Manuscript Reviewer

2016 PLOS ONE, Manuscript Reviewer

2017 BMC Geriatrics, Manuscript Reviewer

2017 – 2018 Journal of Aging and Health, Manuscript Reviewer

2017 – 2018 Annals of Internal Medicine, Manuscript Reviewer

2017 American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Manuscript Reviewer

2017 Ageing & Society, Manuscript Reviewer

2017 Medical Care Research & Review

2017, 2020 Social Science & Medicine, Manuscript Reviewer

2018 – 2019 Health Affairs, Manuscript Reviewer

2019 BMJ Open, Manuscript Reviewer

2020 Age & Ageing, Manuscript Reviewer

2020 Journal of Aging & Social Policy, Manuscript Reviewer

2020 Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Manuscript Reviewer

TEACHING

University of California at Los Angeles

Teaching

Assistant

(Faculty: Dr.

Vargas

Bustamante)

Winter 2013 Health Care

Organization and

Financing II (HS200)

Second part of introduction for 52 MPH

and PhD students to quality, disparities,

evaluation, and innovations in US

health care.

Teaching

Assistant

(Faculty: Dr.

Cowgill)

Spring 2013 Introduction to Health

Policy and Management

(HPM100)

Survey of health policy and

management (health care delivery,

quality, and cost for individuals and

populations) for 9 MPH students.

Teaching

Assistant

(Faculty: Dr.

Cowgill)

Spring 2013 Introduction to Health

Policy and Management

(HPM100)

Survey of health policy and

management (health care delivery,

quality, and cost for individuals and

populations) for 9 MPH students.

University of Michigan

Fall 2015 Faculty of

record, 2

credit required

Master's

course

N588: Policy analysis

and development for

healthcare leaders

Master's course to provide students

with overview of health policy theory,

development, and current issues.

Winter 2017 Guest Lecturer

(Course

Director:

Deena Costa)

N527: Promoting

optimal models and

systems for healthcare

delivery

Master's core course. Lectured on US

healthcare financing.



record, 2-

credit elective

Master's

course


and development for

healthcare leaders

Master's elective course to provide

students with overview of health policy

theory, development, and current

issues.


(Course

Director:

Deena Costa)

N527: Promoting

optimal models and


delivery



Winter 2018 Co-faculty of

record, 4-

credit required

Master's

course

HS620: Health program

planning,

implementation and

evaluation

Master's core course to plan,

implement, and evaluate health

promotion programs that aim to

improve population health.


(Course

Director: Tom

Braun)

Biostat 699 (School of

Public Health): Analysis

of biostatistical

investigations

Graduate-level statistics course for SPH

students. Guest presented on statistical

analysis using dyadic data.


(Course

Director: Matt

Davis)

HS807: Large US health

data

Graduate-level introduction to coding

and national datasets. Guest lectured

on the Health and Retirement Study.


record, 2-

credit required

Master's

course


and development for

healthcare leaders

Master's course to provide students

with overview of health policy theory,

development, and current issues.


(Course

Director:

Deena Costa)

N527: Promoting

optimal models and


delivery




(Course

Director: Matt

Davis)


data





record


data


and national datasets. Led section of

course.

Winter 2019 Faculty of

record, 4-

credit required

PhD course

HS852: Linear modeling PhD course providing foundation for

using statistical methods to investigate

health-related research questions:

univariate statistics through

fixed/random effects and multi-level

models; coding with Stata.



(Course

Director: Matt

Davis)


data





record


data


and national datasets. Led section of

course.


record, 4-

credit required

PhD course








record, 4-

credit required

PhD course







MENTORING

Trainee Name Time

Period

Your Role: Title of Project

Kristen Choi, student, PhD Winter

2016

Mentor and research advisor, PhD

Yi-wen Huang, student, DNP 2018 –

2020

Primary Advisor, dissertation committee chair

Leah Abrams, student, PHD

(School of Public Health)

2018 -

2020

PhD dissertation committee member and research

advisor: "The role of depression in post-acute care and

outcomes for older adults." Work on MCubed grant.

Kimson Johnson, student,

PhD (School of Public Health)

2018 -

present

Mentor and research advisor: "Defining social risk in

readmissions for vulnerable patients: A systematic

review." Work on MCubed grant.

Ana de Roo, MD (Michigan

Medicine surgery resident,

CHOP fellow)

2019-

present

Research advisor: "Surgery patients and post-acute

caregiving."

Jeffrey Koning student, MSN Fall 2019 Independent study advisor (health policy)

Pooja Neiman, MD (Michigan

Medicine surgery resident,

CHOP fellow)

2020 –

present

Research advisor: studies on Medicaid expansion and

Medicare safety-net hospital payments and hospital

closures

Rachel Lenko, RN 2020 –

present

Co-chair of dissertation committee

Kathryn Lee, RN 2020 –

present

Dissertation committee member


COMMITTEE, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE

Institutional

2017 UMSN "Lunch 'n' Learn" Presenter

2018 Knowledge Foundation Project, Contributor

2018 UMSN Open House for accepted students, Attendee

2018 UMSN MSN Candidate Interviews, Interviewer

2019 UMSN Undergraduate Honors Student Colloquium, Presenter

2018 - 2019 UMSN Awards Committee, Member

2018 – 2019 UMSN PhD Re-design Committee, Member

2019 - 2021 UMSN Awards Committee, Chair

2019 – 2020 UMSN Research Day Planning Committee, Member

2019 – 2023 University of Michigan IHPI Early Career Faculty Advisory Council, Member

National

2018 - present American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Abstract Reviewer

2019 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Abstract Reviewer

SEMINARS AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Seminars

1/26/2017 "Health reform: Problems, solutions." Presentation on aging policy research to

Hillman Scholars.

9/21/2018 "Hospital readmissions: Exploring financial impacts and health equity." WIDTH

Forum: with students from UM School of Public Health's PhD program in Health

Management & Policy (Services Organization & Policy).

4/23/2019 "Challenges for older adults and their caregivers after patients' transitions out of

the hospital." Advanced seminar on public health and aging. University of

Michigan School of Public Health.

11/11/2019 "Falls before and after hospitalization: lessons for transitional prevention

efforts." National Nursing Practice Network "Lunch 'n' Learn" seminar.

11/19/2019 "Social Media Can Increase Engagement." Presentation on social media

strategies in seminar for UMSN T32 awardees.

3/3/2021 "Social Media Can Increase Engagement." Presentation on social media

strategies in seminar for UMSN T32 awardees.

5/10/2021 "Using Observational Data to Conduct Health Services Research." Presentation

on secondary data analysis to fellows in the NCI T32 Training Program in Cancer

Care Delivery at the University of Michigan.

Invited Presentations

12/29/2018 “Looking Under a New Rock: The Role of Post-Hospital Fall Injuries in 30-Day

Readmissions.” UM Geriatric Research Education Core (REC) Seminar.

1/11/2019 "Looking Under a New Rock: Post-acute Falls and 30-day Hospital

Readmissions." UMSN undergraduate honors students.

BIBLIOGRAPHY


Peer-Reviewed Journals and Publications

1. Hoffman GJ, Lee J, and Mendez-Luck CA. (2012). Health behaviors among Baby Boomer informal

caregivers” for a special issue. The Gerontologist, 52(2), 219-230. PMCID: PMC3304895

2. Chung PJ, Lui CK, Cowgill BO, Hoffman GJ, Elijah J, and Schuster MA. (2013). Employment, family

leave, and parents of newborns or seriously ill children. Academic Pediatrics, 12(3), 181-188. PMCID:

PMC3352967

3. Hoffman GJ. (2015). Cost-sharing, physician utilization, and adverse selection among Medicare

beneficiaries with chronic health conditions. Medical Care Research and Review, 72, 49-70. PMID,

25540299.

4. Hoffman GJ, Rodriguez HP. (2015). Examining contextual influences on fall-related injuries among

older adults for population health management. Population Health Management, 18, 437-48.

5. Hoffman GJ, Hays RD, Shapiro MF, Wallace SP, Ettner SL. (2016). Claims-based identification

methods and the cost of fall-related injuries among us older adults. Medical Care, 54, 664-71.

6. Hoffman GJ, Wallace SP, Hays R, Shapiro M, Ettner SL. (2017). Receipt of caregiving and fall risk in us

community-dwelling older adults. Med. Care, 55(4), 371-378.

7. Hoffman GJ, Hays R, Shapiro M, Wallace SP, Ettner SL. Hoffman GJ, Hays RD, Wallace SP, Shapiro

MF, Ettner SL. (2017). Depressive symptomatology and fall risk among community-dwelling older

adults. Soc. Sci. Med, 178, 206-213.

8. Hoffman GJ, Hays RD, Shapiro MF, Wallace SP, Ettner SL. (2017). The costs of fall-related injuries

among older adults, annual per-faller, service component, and patient out-of-pocket costs. Health

Serv Res, 52, 1794-1816.

9. Hoffman GJ, Hoffman JR. (2018). Cost-sharing isn’t the answer - the overwhelming case against ‘skin

in the game.’ Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 20(1), 16-20.

10. Hoffman GJ, Wallace SP. (2018). The cost of caring – economic vulnerability, serious emotional

distress, and unhealthy behaviors among paid and unpaid family and friend caregivers. Research on

Aging, 40(8), 791-809.

11. Hoffman GJ, Ha J, Alexander N, Tinetti M, Langa K, Min L. (2018). Underreporting of fall injuries by

older Americans, implications for fall risk screening during the Medicare annual wellness visit.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(6), 1195-1200.

12. Hoffman GJ, Hsuan C, Braun T, Ponce N. (2019). Heath equity and hospital readmissions, does

inclusion of patient functional and social complexity improve predictiveness? Journal of General

Internal Medicine, 34(1), 26-28.

13. Hoffman GJ, Liu H, Alexander NB, Tinetti M, Braun TM, Min LC. (2019). Posthospital fall injuries and

30-day readmissions in adults 65 years and older. JAMA Netw Open, 2(5), e194276.

14. Shuman C, Montie M, Hoffman GJ, Powers KE, Doetl S, Anderson CA, Titler MG. (2019). Recently

hospitalized older adults’ perceptions of their fall risk and fall prevention during the post-discharge

period. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 45(1), 23-30.

15. Hoffman GJ, Burgard S, Mendez-Luck CA, Gaugler JE. Interdependence in Health and Functioning Among Older Spousal Caregivers and Care Recipients. West J Nurs Res. 2019;41(5):685-703.

16. Sukul D, Hoffman GJ, Nuliyalu U, Adler-Milstein J, Zhang B, Ryan AM. (In press). Changes in

measured severity for hospitalized Medicare patients following new Medicare policies. JAMA Netw

Open. 2019;2(5):e193290-e90.


17. Hoffman GJ, Min LC, Liu H, Marciniak DJ, Mody L. Role of Post-Acute Care in Readmissions for Preexisting Healthcare-Associated Infections. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020;68(2):370-378.

18. Min LC, Tinetti M, Langa KM, Ha J, Alexander N, Hoffman GJ. Measuring fall injury with health care

system data and assessment of inclusiveness and validity of measurement models. JAMA Netw

Open. 2019;2(10):e1912399

19. Hoffman GJ, Shuman CJ, Montie M, Anderson CA, Titler MG. Caregivers’ views of older adult fall risk

and prevention during hospital-to-home transitions. Appl Nurs Res. 2019;47:10-5.

20. Min LC, Hoffman GJ. Predicting Readmissions… With a Twist. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(8):e199679.

21. Hoffman GJ, Liu H, Alexander NB, Tinetti M, Braun TM, Min LC. Posthospital Fall Injuries and 30-Day

Readmissions in Adults 65 Years and Older. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(5):e194276.

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.4276

22. Yakusheva O, Hoffman GJ. A reduction in readmissions results in net savings for most hospitals, an

examination of Medicare’s hospital readmissions reduction program. Medical Care Research and

Review. 2020;77(4):334-344.

23. Hoffman GJ, Tilson S, Yakusheva O. The financial impact of an avoided readmission for teaching and

safety-net hospitals under Medicare’s hospital readmission reduction program. Medical Care

Research and Review. 2020;77(4):324-333.

24. Marciniak D, Alexander NB, Hoffman GJ. Physical Activity and Falls Among a National Cohort of Older Veterans. J Appl Gerontol. 2020:733464820915807.

25. Hsuan C, Carr B, Hsia RY, Hoffman GJ. The Role of the Emergency Department in Hospital

Readmissions Following Implementation of Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(5):e203857.

26. Hoffman GJ, Yakusheva O. Association Between Financial Incentives in Medicare's Hospital

Readmissions Reduction Program and Hospital Readmission Performance. JAMA Netw Open.

2020;3(4):e202044.

27. Zlotnick H, Hoffman GJ, Nuliyalu U, Engler TA, Langa KM, Ryan AM. Is social capital protective

against hospital readmissions? BMC Health Services Research. 2020;20(1):248.

28. Cher, BAY, Ryan, AM, Hoffman GJ, Sheetz KH. Association of Medicaid Eligibility with Surgical

Readmission among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Network Open. 2020;3(6): e207426.

29. Hoffman GJ, Tinetti ME, Ha J, Alexander NB, Min LC. Prehospital and Posthospital Fall Injuries in Older US Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2013243.

30. Hoffman GJ, Webster NJ, Bynum JPW. A Framework for Aging-Friendly Services and Supports in the Age of COVID-19. J Aging Soc Policy. 2020:1-10.

31. Harris ML, Titler MG, Hoffman GJ. Associations Between Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias and Depressive Symptoms of Partner Caregivers. J Appl Gerontol. 2020 Aug 29:733464820952252.

32. Jain S, Rosenbaum PR, Reiter JG, Hoffman GJ, Small DS, Ha J, Hill AS, Wolk D, Gaulton T, Neuman MD, Fleisher LA, Silber JH. Utilizing Medicare Claims to Find Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders. Alzheimer's & Dementia. In press.

33. Hsuan C, Ponce N, Braun T, Hoffman GJ. Are Improvements Still Needed to the Modified Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: a Health and Retirement Study (2000-14)? Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2020;35(12); 356-3571.

34. Hoffman GJ, Nuliyalu U, Bynum J, Ryan AM. Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and episode spending under Medicare’s Bundled Payment for Care Improvements Advanced (BPCI-A). Journal of General Internal Medicine. In press.


35. Abrams L, Hoffman GJ. Post-hospital care intensity modifies the relationship between depressive symptoms and hospital readmissions but not health outcomes among older adults. Journal of Aging and Health. In press.

Book Chapters

1. Bynum J, Hoffman GJ. Financing and Organization of Health Care. In: J. HR, Sloane PD, Warshaw GA,

Potter JF, Flaherty E, eds. Ham’s Primary Care Geriatrics. Saunders; 2020.

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

2. Hoffman GJ. (2009). Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provisions in

affordable health care for America act (H.R. 3962). Congressional Research Service.

3. Hoffman GJ. (2009). Medicare program changes in H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America

Act. Congressional Research Service.

4. Hoffman GJ and Stone J. (2009). Medicare hospital readmissions: Issues and policy options.

Congressional Research Service.

5. Hoffman GJ and Stone J. (2010). Medicare hospital readmissions: Issues, policy options, and PPACA.

Congressional Research Service.

6. Hoffman GJ and Mendez-Luck CA. (2011). Stressed and strapped: Caregivers in California. Los

Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

7. Hoffman GJ, Wallace SP. (2012). Hidden in plain sight: California’s Medi-Cal caregivers are

vulnerable. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

8. Tilson S and Hoffman G. (2012). Addressing Medicare hospital readmissions. Congressional Research

Service.

Other Media

1. “How to care for the “silver tsunami” of aging Boomers.” “Ask the Expert,” from UCLA’s Center for

Health Policy Research, September 21, 2011.

2. “Caregivers' Stress Remains Hot Topic.” California Healthline, September 23, 2011.

3. “Caregivers’ stress leads to unhealthy habits.” California Health Report, October 2, 2011.

4. “Who Will Care for the Caregivers?” State of Health, The California Blog, KQED Radio, April 12, 2012.

5. “In the shadows: Californians need to take better care of long-term disabled. And the people who

take care of them.” Sacramento News and Review, July 17, 2014.

6. “Most Medi-Cal Caregivers Earn Poverty or Near-Poverty Wages.” KPBS San Diego, April 11, 2012.

7. “Many California Caregivers for the Poor are Poor Themselves, UCLA Finds.” Capital Public Radio,

April 16, 2012.

8. “Two Sisters Share One’s Road to Recovery.” National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday. July

5, 2014.

9. Appearance as guest on Sirius XM’s (Channel 110) Doctor Radio with host Michael Perskin, MD, on

fall risk reporting. May 7, 2018.

10. WWJ radio on May 24 (with Deanna Lites, health reporter), 2019 for article on falls and

readmissions.


11. "Hospitals fall short in teaching fall prevention to departing patients" from IHPI News and Medscape

and U.S. News & World Report.

12. "When elders leave hospital, falls are big reason they return." Reuters Health June 17, 2019.

13. "More Seniors Are Dying In Falls. Doctors Could Do More To Reduce The Risk." Kaiser Health News,

by Judith Graham June 27, 2019

14. "Stop calling them ‘elderly’: Talking to older adults about self-isolating." Michigan News by Laura

Bailey, April 1, 2020.

15. "Physically active older veterans fall more, but hurt themselves less." Michigan News by Laura

Bailey, April 14, 2020.

16. "Active older vets more likely to fall, but less likely to get hurt: Study." U.S. News & World Report by

Robert Preidt, April 20, 2020.

17. "Active Older Veterans and Fall Injury Study by Geoffrey Hoffman, PhD. Blog Talk Radio's Veterans

Radio Podcasts. 24-minute segment discussing JAG article on older adult veterans and fall risk.

18. "For older adults, social distancing brings its own mental and physical health risks." Featured 17-

minute interview on Stateside Michigan, a prime-time show on Michigan's NPR affiliate.

19. "Balancing act: falls often early signal of underlying health problems." Michigan News by Laura Baily,

August 19, 2020.

20. "Depression worsens over time for older caregivers of newly diagnosed dementia patients."

Michigan News by Laura Bailey, September 2, 2020.

21. "Depression can deepen over time for Alzheimer's caregivers." US News & World Report by Cara

Roberts Murez, September 9, 2020 discussing JAG article.

Conference Presentations

4/2009 Hoffman GJ, Edes T, Tompkins HS, Shay KJ. “Geriatrician Shortage: Magnitude

of Need and Actions Required: Comparing VA and non-VA Systems.” Poster

presentation at the Fifth Annual AAMC Physician Workforce Research

Conference, Washington DC.

6/2009 Cowgill BO, Lui C, Schuster MA, Hoffman GJ, Le PT, Elijah J, Chung PJ. “The

California Paid Family Leave Insurance Program: Qualitative Analyses of Parents'

Knowledge and Experiences Caring for a Newborn or Child with Special Health

Care Needs,” Poster presentation at the State Health Research and Policy

Interest Group Session, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Chicago, IL.

11/2009 Lui C, Cowgill BO, Schuster MA, Hoffman GJ, Le P, Patch JD, Chung PJ. "Diverging

Needs for Family Leave: A Qualitative Study of Leave-Taking among Parents of

Children with Special Health Care Needs." Poster presentation at American

Public Health Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

6/2011 Hoffman GJ. “The Role of Patient Cost-Sharing in Doctor Visits for Medicare

Enrollees Ages 65 and Older.” Poster presentation at the 17th Annual National

Research Service Award (NRSA) Trainees Research Conference, Seattle,

Washington.

11/2011 Mendez-Luck CA and Hoffman GJ. “Access to Care and Preventive Services Use

among California Caregivers: Findings from the 2009 California Health Interview

Survey." Poster presentation at the 64th annual Gerontological Society of

America’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, MA.

https://ihpi.umich.edu/news/hospitals-fall-short-teaching-fall-prevention-departing-patients

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-05-24/senior-falls-a-key-factor-for-hospital-readmission

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-elderly-falls/when-elders-leave-hospital-falls-are-big-reason-they-return-idUSKCN1TI2PZ

https://khn.org/news/more-seniors-are-dying-in-falls-doctors-could-do-more-to-reduce-the-risk/

https://news.umich.edu/stop-calling-them-elderly-talking-to-older-adults-about-self-isolating/

https://news.umich.edu/physically-active-older-veterans-fall-more-but-hurt-themselves-less/

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-04-20/active-older-vets-more-likely-to-fall-but-less-likely-to-get-hurt-study

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/veterans_radio/2020/07/07/active-older-veterans-and-fall-injury-study-by-geoffrey-hoffman-phd

https://www.michiganradio.org/post/stateside-whitmer-calls-action-covid-19-disparities-reevaluating-legacy-lewis-cass

https://news.umich.edu/balancing-act-falls-are-often-early-signal-of-underlying-health-problems-in-older-adults/

https://news.umich.edu/depression-worsens-over-time-for-older-caregivers-of-newly-diagnosed-dementia-patients/

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-09-09/depression-can-deepen-over-time-for-alzheimers-caregivers


6/2012 Hoffman GJ and Rodriguez HP. “The Concordance of County-Level Falls and Fall-

Related Injuries among Older Adults” Poster presentation at the 17th annual

UCLA Conference on Aging in Los Angeles, CA.


Related Injuries among Older Adults.” Oral presentation at the 18th Annual

National Research Services Award (NRSA) Conference in Orlando, FL.


Related Injuries among Older Adults.” Poster presentation at the 2012

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting Public Health Systems Research

Interest Group Meeting in Orlando, FL.

6/2012 Hoffman GJ. “Physician Utilization and Cost Sharing Among Medicare

Beneficiaries Ages 65 and Over.” Poster presentation at the 2012

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Orlando, FL.


Related Injuries among Older Adults” Presented at 2012 AcademyHealth Annual

Research Meeting Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Meeting in

Orlando, FL.

10/2012 Hoffman GJ and Wallace SP. “Hidden in Plain Sight: Paid Caregivers are

California's Most Vulnerable Caregivers.” Oral presentation at the 140th Annual

American Public Health Association Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

11/2012 Hoffman GJ. “Depressive Levels and Retirement: A Stress-Process Model

Approach to Assessing the Effects of Retirement in Middle-Aged Adults.” Oral

presentation at 65th Annual Gerontological Society of America’s Annual

Scientific Meeting in San Diego, CA.

6/2013 Hoffman GJ and Rodriguez HP. “Hospital and Emergency Department Fall-

related Injury Rates among Seniors: Does Place Matter?” Poster presentation at

the 2013 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore, MD.

11/2013 Hoffman GJ. “Comparing Self-Reported Utilization of Physician Services among

Medicare Beneficiaries: How do the ‘Dually Eligible’ Stack Up?” Oral

presentation at the 141st Annual American Public Health Association Meeting in

Boston, MA.

11/2013 Aydin M (presenter), Hoffman GJ. “The Health of Older Dual Eligibles before

Implementation of Health Care Reform in California.” Oral presentation at the

66th Annual Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting in

New Orleans, LA.

6/2014 Hoffman GJ, Rodriguez HP. "Examining Variation in County-Level Fall-Related

Injury Rates among Older Adults.” Poster presentation at the 142nd Annual 2014

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore, MD.

6/2014 Hoffman GJ, Wallace SP, Hays R, Shapiro M, Ettner SL. “Receipt of Caregiving

and Fall/FRI Risk among U.S. Community-Dwelling Older Adults.” Oral

presentation at the 2014 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in San

Diego, CA.

6/2014 Hoffman GJ, Hays R, Shapiro M, Wallace SP, Ettner SL. “Temporal Associations

between Depressive Symptoms, Non-Injurious Falls and Fall-Related Injuries.”

Oral presentation at the 2014 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in San

Diego, CA.


11/2014 Hoffman GJ and Rodriguez HP. “Examining Variation in County-Level Fall-

Related Injury Rates among Older Adults.” Poster presentation at the 142nd

Annual American Public Health Association Meeting in New Orleans, LA.

11/2014 Hoffman GJ, Hays R, Shapiro M, Wallace SP, Ettner SL. “Temporal Associations

between Depressive Symptoms, Non-Injurious Falls and Fall-Related Injuries.”

Oral presentation at the 2014 American Public Health Association Meeting in

New Orleans, LA.

6/2015 Hoffman GJ. “Cost-Sharing, Physician Utilization, and Adverse Selection among

Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Health Conditions.” Poster presentation at

the 2015 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.

7/2015 Hoffman GJ. “Cost-Sharing, Physician Utilization, and Adverse Selection among

Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Health Conditions.” Poster presentation at

the UCLA Research Conference on Aging. Selected as one of the conference’s

best posters.

11/2015 Hoffman GJ, Tilson S. “Everything in Context: Medicare’s Readmission Penalties

Far Overshadowed by Uncompensated Care and DSH Payments.” Oral

presentation at the 2015 American Public Health Association Meeting in

Chicago, IL.

6/2016 Hoffman GJ, Yakusheva O. “The Return on Investment of Readmission

Prevention: Costs and Benefits of Avoiding Medicare Penalties for Excessive

Readmissions.” Poster presentation at the 2016 AcademyHealth Annual

Research Meeting in Boston, MA.

6/2016 Hoffman GJ, Hays R, Shapiro M, Wallace SP, Ettner SL. “Claims-Based

Identification Methods and the Cost of Fall-Related Injuries among U.S. Older

Adults.” Poster presentation at the 2016 AcademyHealth Annual Research

Meeting in Boston, MA.

11/2016 Hoffman GJ, Yakusheva O. “A Longitudinal Assessment of Spousal Caregiver

Health Status and Self-Management for Chronically Ill Care Recipients." Oral

presentation at the 2016 American Public Health Association Meeting in Denver,

CO.

5/2017 Hoffman GJ, Ha J, Langa K, Min L. “A Comparison of Self-reported vs

Administratively Identified Fall Injuries in a National Database.” Poster

presentation at the 2017 American Geriatrics Society annual meeting in San

Antonio, TX.

6/2017 Hoffman GJ, Min L, Ha J, Langa K. “A Comparison of Self-reported vs

Administratively Identified Fall Injuries in a National Database.” Poster

presentation at the 2017 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in New

Orleans.

6/2017 Hoffman GJ, Yakusheva O. “A Longitudinal Assessment of Spousal Caregiver

Health Status and Support for Chronically Ill Care Recipients.” Oral presentation

at the 2017 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting’s Long-term Services and

Supports Interest Group Meeting in New Orleans, LA.

11/2017 Hoffman GJ, Yakusheva O. “Household Health and Economic Resources Are

Associated with Spousal Care Recipient Disease Self-Management Outcomes.”

Oral presentation at the Aging Population Roundtable at the 2017 American

Public Health Association Meeting in Atlanta, GA.


11/2017 Hoffman GJ, Yakusheva O. “Financial Impact of an Avoided Readmission for

Teaching and Safety-Net Hospitals Under Medicare’s Hospital Readmission

Reduction Program.” Oral presentation at the 2017 American Public Health

Association Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

11/2017 Hoffman GJ, Ha J, Alexander N, Langa KM, Tinetti M, Min LC. “Older Medicare

Beneficiaries Substantially Under-Report Fall Injuries: Results from a Nationally

Representative Survey and Linked Medicare Data.” Oral presentation at the

2017 American Public Health Association Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

5/2018 Hoffman GJ, Ha J, Langa K, Min L. “Exploring 30-Day Fall-Related Injuries among

Older Medicare Beneficiaries.” Presidential poster session at the 2018 American

Geriatrics Society annual meeting in Orlando, FL.

5/2019 "Challenges for older adults and their caregivers after patients' transitions out of

the hospital." University of Michigan 13th annual Biogerontology Symposium in

Ann Arbor, MI.

6/2018 Sukul D, Hoffman GJ, Zhang B, Adler-Milstein J, Ryan A. “Changes in Measured

Severity for Hospitalized Medicare Patients Following New Medicare Policies.”

Oral presentation at the 2018 American Society of Health Economists annual

meeting in Atlanta, GA.

6/2018 Hoffman GJ, Yakusheva O. “The Financial Impact of an Avoided Readmission for

Teaching and Safety-Net Hospitals Under Medicare’s Hospital Readmission

Reduction Program.” Oral presentation at the 2018 American Society of Health

Economists annual meeting in Atlanta, GA.

6/2018 Hoffman GJ, Mendez-Luck C, Braun T, Gaugler J, Burgard S. “Interdependence of

Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity Levels among Older Spouses.” Poster

presentation at the 2018 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle,

WA.

6/2018 Hoffman GJ, Hsuan C, Braun T, Ponce N. " The Accuracy of Readmission

Prediction Models Does Not Substantially Increase with Inclusion of Patient

Health and Social Factors.” Poster presentation at the 2018 AcademyHealth

Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, WA, June 24, 2018.

11/2018 Hoffman GJ. “Characteristics of Patients at High Risk for Readmissions at Safety-

Net, Teaching, and Other Hospitals.” Oral presentation at the 2018 American

Public Health Association Meeting in San Diego, CA.

11/2018 Hoffman GJ. “Functional and Social Characteristics of Patients at Greatest Risk

for Unplanned 30-day Hospital Readmissions.” Oral presentation at the 2018

American Public Health Association Meeting in San Diego, CA.

11/2018 Hoffman GJ, Mendez-Luck C, Braun T, Gaugler J, Burgard S. “Interdependence of

Self-Rated Health and Physical Activity Levels among Older Spouses.” Oral

presentation at the 2018 American Public Health Association Meeting in San

Diego, CA.

11/2018 Hoffman GJ, “Characteristics of Patients at High Risk for Readmissions at Safety-

Net, Teaching, and Other Hospitals.” Poster presentation at the 2018 American

Public Health Association Meeting in San Diego, CA.

10/2019 Hoffman GJ, Min LC, Liu H, Marciniak DJ, Mody L. "The Role of Post-Acute Care

in Readmissions for Preexisting Healthcare-Associated Infections." Poster

presentation (by Mody) at the IDWeek 2019 conference in Washington DC.


11/2019 Hsuan C, Carr BG, Hsia RY, Hoffman GJ (presenter), "The Role of the Emergency

Department in Hospital Readmissions Following Implementation of Medicare’s

Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program." Oral presentation at the American

Public Health Association Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.

11/2019 Hoffman GJ, Min LC, Liu H, Marciniak DJ, Mody L. "The Role of Post-Acute Care

in Readmissions for Preexisting Healthcare-Associated Infections." Oral

presentation at the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting in Austin,

TX.

3/2020 Hoffman GJ, Tinetti M, Alexander N, Ha J, Min L. "Pre- and Post-Hospital Fall

Injuries in Older Americans." Accepted for oral presentation at UM Injury

Prevention Center first annual conference. (Note: Meeting canceled due to

Covid-19 outbreak.)

4/2020 Hoffman GJ, Tinetti M, Alexander N, Ha J, Min L. "Pre- and Post-Hospital Fall

Injuries in Older Americans: Implications for Bundled Payments." Accepted for

oral presentation at Older Americans Independence Center annual meeting –

selected as high-impact presentation. (Note: In-person conference canceled due

to Covid-19 outbreak, but presented virtually.)

6/2020 Hsuan C, Ponce N, Braun T, Hoffman GJ, "Modifications to the Hospital

Readmissions Reduction Program: Improvements Still Needed?" Oral

presentation at the 2020 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Boston,

MA. Presented virtually in July 2020.

10/2020 Hoffman GJ. "Changes in informal care use and medical spending among older

adults recently diagnosed with dementia." Oral presentation at the 2020

American Public Health Association Meeting. (Note: In-person conference

canceled due to Covid-19 outbreak, but presented virtually.)

10/2020 Hoffman GJ, Yakusheva O. "Association Between Financial Incentives in

Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program and Hospital Readmission

Performance." Poster presentation at the 2020 American Public Health

Association Meeting. (Note: In-person conference canceled due to Covid-19

outbreak, but presented virtually.)

10/2020 Hoffman GJ, Tinetti M, Ha J, Alexander N, Min L. " Pre- and Post-Hospital Fall

Injuries in Older Americans." Poster presentation at the 2020 American Public

Health Association Meeting. (Note: In-person conference canceled due to Covid-

19 outbreak, but presented virtually.)

11/2020 Hoffman GJ, Tinetti ME, Ha J, Alexander NB, Min LC. Prehospital and

Posthospital Fall Injuries in Older US Adults. Poster presentation at the 2020

(virtual) University of Michigan Injury Prevention Research Symposium.

6/2021 De Roo, A, Ha J, Regenbogen S, Hoffman GJ. Impact of Medicare Eligibility on

Informal Caregiving for Surgery and Stroke. Accepted for oral presentation at

the 2021 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting.

6/2021 Hoffman GJ, Abrams L, Nuliyalu U, Neiman P, Ryan AM. Association of State

Medicaid Expansion and Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments.

Accepted for presentation at the 2021 ASHEcon annual meeting.

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