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Nancy McCall

Expertise

Health Outcomes
Physician Payment
Disease Management
Medicare and TRICARE

Biography

Nancy McCall, ScD, possesses a unique set of clinical, analytical, and policy skills. Over the past 20 years, Dr. McCall has amassed considerable experience related to the conduct and supervision of large-scale data collection and research efforts and use of Medicare and TRICARE administrative data sets for assessing the cost, processes, and outcomes of care. Dr. McCall is currently the principal investigator of two CMS-sponsored projects evaluating Phase I of the Medicare Health Support Pilot Program under Traditional Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) and the Medicare High Cost Beneficiary Demonstration. Dr. McCall is also currently engaged in a number of research projects for the TRICARE Management Activity ranging from studying existing variation in current medical practice, factors associated with it, and implications of any variation for cost and quality of MHS health care to assisting in the development of new approaches to more accurately finance the care of covered beneficiaries, including prospective payment.

Education

ScD, Health Economics, Harvard University School of Public Health; SM, Health Policy and Management, Harvard University School of Public Health; BS, Nursing, Purdue University; RN, Registered Nurse, Mary Hitchcock School of Nursing, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Selected Publications

Rein, D.B., Zhang, P., Wirth, K.E., Lee, P.P., Hoerger, T.J., McCall, N., Klein, R., Tielsch, J.M., Vijan, S., & Saaddine, J. (December 2006). The economic burden of major adult visual disorders in the United States. Archives of Ophthalmology, 124 (12):1754-1760.

McCall, N., Cromwell, J., & Braun, P. (2006 Dec). Validation of physician survey estimates of surgical time using operating room logs. Medical Care Research and Review, 63 (6):764-777.

Cromwell, J., Hoover, S., McCall, N., & Braun, P. (2006 Apr). Validating CPT typical times for Medicare office evaluation and management (E/M) services. Medical Care Research and Review, 63 (2):236-255.

Trisolini, M.G., Smith, K.W., McCall, N.T., Pope, G.C., & Klosterman, M. (2005 Jul). Evaluating the performance of medicare fee-for-service providers using the health outcomes survey: a comparison of two methods. Medical Care, 43 (7):699-704.

Cromwell, J., McCall, N.T., Burton, J., & Urato, C. (2005). Race/ethnic disparities in utilization of lifesaving technologies by medicare ischemic heart disease beneficiaries. Medical Care, 43 (4):330-337.

McCall, N., Khatutsky, G., Smith, K., & Pope, G.C. (2004). Estimation of non-response bias in the Medicare fee-for-service health outcomes survey. Health Care Financing Review, 25 (4):27-41.

McCall, N.T., Parks, P., Smith, K., Pope, G., & Griggs, M. (2002 Jun). The prevalence of major depression or dysthymia among aged Medicare Fee-for-Service beneficiaries. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17 (6):557-565.

McCall, N.T., Harlow, J., & Dayhoff, D.A. (Spring 2001). Rates of hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the Medicare+Choice population. Health Care Financing Review, 22 (3):127-145.

Meyers, E.R., McCrory, D.C., Subramanian, S., McCall, N., Nanda, K., Datta, S., & Matchar, D.B. (2000). Setting the target for a better cervical screening test: characteristics of a cost-effective test for cervical neoplasia screening. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 96 (5):645-652.

McCall, N.T. (1993). Monitoring access following Medicare price changes: physician perspective. Health Care Financing Review, 14 (3):97-117.

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