Cari Levy, MD, PhD

Culberson J, Levy C, Lawhorn L. Do not hospitalize orders in nursing homes. J Am Med Dir Assn. 2005. 6: 22-26.

Levy, C. Oral Care in the Elderly. Handbook for Geriatric Care. Cambridge University Press.

Radcliff T, Dobalian A, Levy C. Do orders limiting aggressive treatment impact care for acute myocardial infarction? J Am Med Dir Assn. 2007; 8(2): 91-97.

Lum H, Mody M, Levy C, Ginde A. Pandemic influenza plans in residential care facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 In Press.

Burke RE, Jones CD, Levy CR, Ginde AA. Electronic communication capabilities of residential care facilities at times of transition. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 In Press.

Levy C, Whitfield E. Medical Foster Home: An Effective Substitute to Nursing Home Placement? Proceedings from the International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology, St. Louis, MO. J Am Med Dir Assn. 2014. In Press.

Levy, C. Should we identify and treat hyperlipidemia in the advanced elderly? Journal of Family Practice. April 2006. 55(4): 356-357.

Snowden MB, Steinman LE, Bryant LL, Cherrier M, Greenlund KJ, Leith KH, Levy C, Logsdon RG, Copeland C, Anderson LA, Atkins DC, Bell JF, Fitzpatrick, AL. Dementia and Co-Occurring Chronic Conditions: A Systematic Literature Review and Implications for Public Health. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2014. In press.

Levy C, Haverhals L, Nowels C, Jones J. A Qualitative Evaluation of a New Community Living Model: Medical Foster Home Placement. J Nursing Education and Practice. 2014. 4(1): 162-176. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v4n1p162

Lum HD, Mody L, Levy CR, Ginde AA. Pandemic influenza plans in residential care facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Jul;62(7):1310-6. PubMed PMID: 24852422

Levy CR, Eilertsen T, Kramer AM, Hutt E. Which Clinical Indicators and Resident Characteristics Are Associated With Health Care Practitioner Nursing Home Visits or Hospital Transfer for Urinary Tract Infections? J Am Med DIr Assn 2006. 8(7): 493-498.

Burke RE, Jones CD, Levy C, Ginde AA. Electronic communication capabilities of residential care facilities at times of transition. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Jul;62(7):1381-3. PubMed PMID: 25039508

Levy C. Partnering nursing homes and palliative care specialists. Long Term Care Interface. November/December 2007. 8(6): 26-31.

Levy C. Letting Goals be Your Guide: A program to make advance planning and palliative care a priority in nursing homes. Annals of Long Term Care. 2007. 16(1):34-37.

Levy C, Tsai S. Physician Practice Patterns in Nursing Homes. J Am Med Dir Assn. 2007. 8(9):558-567.

Levy C, Bemski J, Kutner J. Are Hospices Establishing Pre-Hospice/Palliative Care Programs? Journal of Palliative Medicine. In press.

Rolland Y, Resnick B, Katz PR, Little MO, Ouslander JG, Bonner A, Geary CR, Schumacher KL, Thompson S, Martin FC, Wilbers J, Zúñiga F, Ausserhofer D, Schwendimann R, Schüssler S, Dassen T, Lohrmann C, Levy C, Whitfield E, de Souto Barreto P, Etherton-Beer C, Dilles T, Azermai M, Bourgeois J, Orrell M, Grossberg GT, Kergoat H, Thomas DR, Visschedijk J, Taylor SJ, OPERA Study Team, Handajani YS, Widjaja NT, Turana Y, Rantz MJ, Skubic M, Morley JE. Nursing home research: the first International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) research conference. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2014 May;15(5):313-25. PubMed PMID: 24767432

Levy C, Corrigan M, Kramer A. Improving End-of-life Outcomes in Nursing Homes by Targeting Residents at High-Risk of Mortality for Palliative Care: Program Description and Evaluation. J Palliative Medicine. March 2008. 11(2): 217-225.

Levy C, Haverhals L, Nowels C, Jones J. A Qualitative Evaluation of a New Community Living Model: Medical Foster Home Placement. J Nursing Education and Practice. 2014. 4(1): 162-176. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v4n1p162

Wilson B, Kutner J, Levy C. Do health insurance companies perpetuate ambiguity about palliative care? J Palliative Medicine. 2008. 11(9):1182.

Levy, C. Adult Foster Care: Relief for those who despair in nursing homes. J Nurs Care. 2014.3(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-1168.1000156

Levy C, Kheirbek R, Alemi F, Wojtusiak J, Sutton B, Williams AR, Williams A. Predictors of 6-Month Mortality Among Nursing Home Residents: Are diagnoses more predictive than functional disability? Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2014 [Epub ahead of print]

Levy C, Bemski J, Kutner J. Are Hospices Establishing Pre-Hospice/Palliative Care Programs? Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2008. 11(3):413-4.

Hutt E, Whitfield E, Min SJ, Jones J, Weber M, Albright K, Levy C, O'Toole T. Challenges of Providing End-of-Life Care for Homeless Veterans. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2015 Feb 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25701660

Levy C. Letting Goals be Your Guide: A program to make advance planning and palliative care a priority in nursing homes. Annals of Long Term Care. 2008. 16(1):34-37.

Levy C, Corrigan M, Kramer A. Improving End-of-life Outcomes in Nursing Homes by Targeting Residents at High-Risk of Mortality for Palliative Care: Program Description and Evaluation. J Palliative Medicine. March 2008. 11(2): 217-225

Levy C, Williams E, Hutt E. Dying and Death Among Veterans in Community Living Centers. United States Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development 2009 National Meeting. March 2009. Access available at: http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/meetings/2009.

Radcliff T, Levy C. Examining Guideline-Concordant Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction: the case of hospitalized post-acute and long-term care residents. J Hospital Med. 2010. 5(2): E3-E10.

Burke RE, Juarez-Colunga E, Levy C, Prochazka AV, Coleman EA, Ginde AA. Rise of Post-Acute Care Facilities as a Discharge Destination of US Hospitalizations. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Feb 1;175(2):295-6. PubMed PMID: 25437642

Snowden MB, Steinman LE, Bryant LL, Cherrier M, Greenlund KJ, Leith KH, Levy C, Logsdon RG, Copeland C, Anderson LA, Atkins DC, Bell JF, Fitzpatrick, AL. Dementia and Co-Occurring Chronic Conditions: A Systematic Literature Review and Implications for Public Health. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2015.

Levy C, White H. The AMDA Foundation Futures Program: Inspiring the Next Generation of Postacute and Long-Term Care Medical Directors. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Mar;16(3):179-80. PubMed PMID: 25659619

Levy C, Radcliff T, Williams E. Acute myocardial infarction in nursing home residents: Adherence to treatment guidelines reduces mortality but why is adherence so low? J Am Med Dir Assn. 2009. 10(1): 56-61.

Levy, CR. (2010). Predicting Hospice Eligibility in Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers. Dissertation Abstract International. Retrieved March 1, 2011, from Dissertations and Theses database http://search.proquest.com/docview/734727741?accountid=134670.

Levy C, Kheirbek R, Alemi F, Wojtusiak J, Sutton B, Williams AR, Williams A. Predictors of six-month mortality among nursing home residents: diagnoses may be more predictive than functional disability. J Palliat Med. 2015 Feb;18(2):100-6. PubMed PMID: 25380219

Levy C, Kutner J. A Good Death: Appropriate end-of-life care. In: Evidence-based Geriatric Medicine. Edited by: Holroyd-Leduc and Reddy M. Wiley-Blackwell. 2011.

Burke RE, Juarez-Colunga E, Levy C, Prochazka AV, Coleman EA, Ginde AA. Rise of post-acute care facilities as a discharge destination of US hospitalizations. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Feb;175(2):295-6. PubMed PMID: 25437642

Levy C, Hittle D, Radcliff T, Walker P, Fish R, Kutner J. Evaluation of the Rural Hospice Demonstration. Contract 500-00-0026, Task Order No. 4. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. http://www.cms.gov/demoprojectsevalrpts/md/itemdetail.asp?itemid=CMS1183983

Levy C, Hutt E, Pointer L. Site of Death among Veterans Living in Veterans Affairs Nursing Homes. J Am Med Dir Assn. 2011. Vol. 13(3), 199-201.

Hutt E, Whitfield E, Min SJ, Jones J, Weber M, Albright K, Levy C, O'Toole T. Challenges of Providing End-of-Life Care for Homeless Veterans. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2015 Feb 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25701660

A Good Death: Appropriate End-of-Life Care. In: Evidence Based Geriatric Medicine: A Practical Guide. Blackwell Publishing.

Burke RE, Rooks SP, Levy C, Schwartz R, Ginde AA. Identifying Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Nursing Home Residents in the United States. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 May 1;16(5):395-9. PubMed PMID: 25703449

Levy C, Pointer L, Hutt E. Identifying Hospice Eligible Nursing Home Residents: The Hospice Eligibility Prediction (HELP) Tool. J Am Med Dir Assn. 2011. Vol 12(3): B13.

Levy C. Medical Foster Homes: A New Concept in Long Term Care? J Am Med Assn. 2012. Vol 13(3),B:22.

Burke RE, Juarez-Colunga E, Levy C, Prochazka AV, Coleman EA, Ginde AA. Patient and Hospitalization Characteristics Associated With Increased Postacute Care Facility Discharges From US Hospitals. Med Care. 2015 Jun;53(6):492-500. PubMed PMID: 25906015

Levy C. Medical Foster Homes: A new Concept in Long Term Care? J Am Med Assn 2012. 13(3):B22.

Levy CR, Alemi F, Williams AE, Williams AR, Wojtusiak J, Sutton B, Giang P, Pracht E, Argyros L. Shared Homes as an Alternative to Nursing Home Care: Impact of VA's Medical Foster Home Program on Hospitalization. Gerontologist. 2015 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26384495

Levy C, Kutner J. A Good Death: Appropriate End-of-life Care. In: Jayna Holroyd-Ludac and Madhuri Reddy. Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine: A Practical Guide. Blackwell Publishing. 2012.

Pracht EE, Levy CR, Williams A, Alemi F, Williams AE. The VA Medical Foster Home Program, Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions, and Avoidable Hospitalizations. Am J Med Qual. 2015 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26250930

Frank JW, Levy C, Calcaterra SL, Hoppe JA, Binswanger IA. Naloxone Administration in US Emergency Departments, 2000-2011. J Med Toxicol. 2015 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26621354

Mor V, Joyce NR, Coté DL, Gidwani RA, Ersek M, Levy CR, Faricy-Anderson KE, Miller SC, Wagner TH, Kinosian BP, Lorenz KA, Shreve ST. The rise of concurrent care for veterans with advanced cancer at the end of life. Cancer. 2015 Dec 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26670795

Frank JW, Binswanger IA, Calcaterra SL, Brenner LA, Levy C. Non-medical use of prescription pain medications and increased emergency department utilization: Results of a national survey. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Dec 1;157:150-7. PubMed PMID: 26564754

Levy CR, Zargoush M, Williams AE, Williams AR, Giang P, Wojtusiak J, Kheirbek RE, Alemi F. Sequence of Functional Loss and Recovery in Nursing Homes. Gerontologist. 2015 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26286646

Wojtusiak J, Levy CR, Williams AE, Alemi F. Predicting Functional Decline and Recovery for Residents in Veterans Affairs Nursing Homes. Gerontologist. 2015 Jul 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26185151

Gillespie SM, Levy CR, Katz PR. What Exactly Is an "SNF-ist?". JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Jan 1;178(1):153-154. PubMed PMID: 29297015

Gilman C, Haverhals L, Manheim C, Levy C. A qualitative exploration of veteran and family perspectives on medical foster homes. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2017 Dec 20;:1-24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29261436

Levy C, Whitfield EA. Medical Foster Homes: Can the Adult Foster Care Model Substitute for Nursing Home Care?. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Dec;64(12):2585-2592. PubMed PMID: 27739060

Levy C. Open Spaces and Running Into Clarity. J Palliat Med. 2017 Aug 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28846470

Lum HD, Sudore RL, Matlock DD, Juarez-Colunga E, Jones J, Nowels M, Schwartz RS, Kutner JS, Levy CR. A Group Visit Initiative Improves Advance Care Planning Documentation among Older Adults in Primary Care. J Am Board Fam Med. 2017 Jul-Aug;30(4):480-490. PubMed PMID: 28720629

Alemi F, Levy C, Citron BA, Williams AR, Pracht E, Williams A. Improving Prognostic Web Calculators: Violation of Preferential Risk Independence. J Palliat Med. 2016 Dec;19(12):1325-1330. PubMed PMID: 27623488

Sales AE, Ersek M, Intrator OK, Levy C, Carpenter JG, Hogikyan R, Kales HC, Landis-Lewis Z, Olsan T, Miller SC, Montagnini M, Periyakoil VS, Reder S. Implementing goals of care conversations with veterans in VA long-term care setting: a mixed methods protocol. Implement Sci. 2016 Sep 29;11(1):132. PubMed PMID: 27682236

Ersek M, Miller SC, Wagner TH, Thorpe JM, Smith D, Levy CR, Gidwani R, Faricy-Anderson K, Lorenz KA, Kinosian B, Mor V. Association between aggressive care and bereaved families' evaluation of end-of-life care for veterans with non-small cell lung cancer who died in Veterans Affairs facilities. Cancer. 2017 Aug 15;123(16):3186-3194. PubMed PMID: 28419414

Manheim CE, Haverhals LM, Jones J, Levy CR. Allowing Family to be Family: End-of-Life Care in Veterans Affairs Medical Foster Homes. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2016 Jan-Jun;12(1-2):104-25. PubMed PMID: 27143576

Levy C. Bereaved or Relieved Caregivers? Commentary on Events Leading to Hospital-Related Disenrollment of Hospice Patients: A Study of Primary Caregivers' Perspectives. J Palliat Med. 2017 Mar;20(3):214-215. PubMed PMID: 28240963

Haverhals LM, Manheim CE, Gilman CV, Jones J, Levy C. Caregivers Create a Veteran-Centric Community in VHA Medical Foster Homes. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2016 Aug-Sep;59(6):441-457. PubMed PMID: 27598768

Snowden MB, Steinman LE, Bryant LL, Cherrier MM, Greenlund KJ, Leith KH, Levy C, Logsdon RG, Copeland C, Vogel M, Anderson LA, Atkins DC, Bell JF, Fitzpatrick AL. Dementia and co-occurring chronic conditions: a systematic literature review to identify what is known and where are the gaps in the evidence?. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2017 Apr;32(4):357-371. PubMed PMID: 28146334

Burke RE, Cumbler E, Coleman EA, Levy C. Post-acute care reform: Implications and opportunities for hospitalists. J Hosp Med. 2017 Jan;12(1):46-51. PubMed PMID: 28125831

Krause-Parello CA, Levy C, Holman E, Kolassa JE. Effects of VA Facility Dog on Hospitalized Veterans Seen by a Palliative Care Psychologist: An Innovative Approach to Impacting Stress Indicators. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Jan;35(1):5-14. PubMed PMID: 27895150

Arnett K, Sudore RL, Nowels D, Feng CX, Levy CR, Lum HD. Advance Care Planning: Understanding Clinical Routines and Experiences of Interprofessional Team Members in Diverse Health Care Settings. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2017 Dec;34(10):946-953. PubMed PMID: 27599724

Arnett K, Sudore RL, Nowels D, Feng CX, Levy CR, Lum HD. Advance Care Planning: Understanding Clinical Routines and Experiences of Interprofessional Team Members in Diverse Health Care Settings. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2016 Sep 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27599724

Falvey JR, Burke RE, Levy CR, Gustavson AM, Price L, Forster JE, Stevens-Lapsley JE. Impaired Physical Performance Predicts Hospitalization Risk for Participants in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. Phys Ther. 2019 Jan 1;99(1):28-36. PubMed PMID: 30602041

Haverhals LM, Manheim CE, Mor V, Ersek M, Kinosian B, Lorenz KA, Faricy-Anderson KE, Gidwani-Marszowski RA, Levy C. The experience of providing hospice care concurrent with cancer treatment in the VA. Support Care Cancer. 2018 Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30467792

Gillespie SM, Manheim C, Gilman C, Karuza J, Olsan TH, Edwards ST, Levy CR, Haverhals L. Interdisciplinary Team Perspectives on Mental Health Care in VA Home-Based Primary Care: A Qualitative Study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 Nov 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30424995

Burke RE, Whitfield EA, Hittle D, Min SJ, Levy C, Prochazka AV, Coleman EA, Schwartz R, Ginde AA. Hospital Readmission From Post-Acute Care Facilities: Risk Factors, Timing, and Outcomes. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016 Mar 1;17(3):249-55. PubMed PMID: 26715357

Dang S, Ruiz DI, Klepac L, Morse S, Becker P, Levy CR, Kinosian B, Edes TE. Key Characteristics for Successful Adoption and Implementation of Home Telehealth Technology in Veterans Affairs Home-Based Primary Care: An Exploratory Study. Telemed J E Health. 2018 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29969381

Frank JW, Levy C, Matlock DD, Calcaterra SL, Mueller SR, Koester S, Binswanger IA. Patients' Perspectives on Tapering of Chronic Opioid Therapy: A Qualitative Study. Pain Med. 2016 Oct;17(10):1838-1847. PubMed PMID: 27207301

Levy CR, Alemi F, Williams AE, Williams AR, Wojtusiak J, Sutton B, Giang P, Pracht E, Argyros L. Shared Homes as an Alternative to Nursing Home Care: Impact of VA's Medical Foster Home Program on Hospitalization. Gerontologist. 2016 Feb;56(1):62-71. PubMed PMID: 26384495

Hess PL, Gunzburger EC, Kini V, Liu CF, Jones J, Matlock D, Heidenreich PA, Levy CR, Maddox TM, Grunwald GK, Ho PM. National Trends of Hospital Performance in Acute Myocardial Infarction Care: Department of Veterans Affairs, 2011-2014. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Apr;11(4):e004282. PubMed PMID: 29650717

Burke RE, Hess E, Barón AE, Levy C, Donzé JD. Predicting Potential Adverse Events During a Skilled Nursing Facility Stay: A Skilled Nursing Facility Prognosis Score. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 May;66(5):930-936. PubMed PMID: 29500814

Holman E, Levy C, Kennedy B. Palliative Care Matters: Lessons From the Loss of a Facility Dog. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Oct;35(10):1362-1364. PubMed PMID: 29514488

Sales AE, Ersek M, Intrator OK, Levy C, Carpenter JG, Hogikyan R, Kales HC, Landis-Lewis Z, Olsan T, Miller SC, Montagnini M, Periyakoil VS, Reder S. Correction to: Implementing goals of care conversations with veterans in VA long-term care setting: a mixed methods protocol. Implement Sci. 2018 Feb 9;13(1):29. PubMed PMID: 29426346

Levy CR, Zargoush M, Williams AE, Williams AR, Giang P, Wojtusiak J, Kheirbek RE, Alemi F. Sequence of Functional Loss and Recovery in Nursing Homes. Gerontologist. 2016 Feb;56(1):52-61. PubMed PMID: 26286646

Gillespie SM, Levy CR, Katz PR. What Exactly Is an "SNF-ist?". JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Jan 1;178(1):153-154. PubMed PMID: 29297015

Wojtusiak J, Levy CR, Williams AE, Alemi F. Predicting Functional Decline and Recovery for Residents in Veterans Affairs Nursing Homes. Gerontologist. 2016 Feb;56(1):42-51. PubMed PMID: 26185151

Gidwani R, Joyce N, Kinosian B, Faricy-Anderson K, Levy C, Miller SC, Ersek M, Wagner T, Mor V. Gap between Recommendations and Practice of Palliative Care and Hospice in Cancer Patients. J Palliat Med. 2016 Sep;19(9):957-63. PubMed PMID: 27228478

Kennedy LC, Binswanger IA, Mueller SR, Levy C, Matlock DD, Calcaterra SL, Koester S, Frank JW. "Those Conversations in My Experience Don't Go Well": A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Provider Experiences Tapering Long-term Opioid Medications. Pain Med. 2018 Nov 1;19(11):2201-2211. PubMed PMID: 29126138

Hutt E, Whitfield E, Min SJ, Jones J, Weber M, Albright K, Levy C, O'Toole T. Challenges of Providing End-of-Life Care for Homeless Veterans. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2016 May;33(4):381-9. PubMed PMID: 25701660

Lum HD, Jones J, Matlock DD, Glasgow RE, Lobo I, Levy CR, Schwartz RS, Sudore RL, Kutner JS. Advance Care Planning Meets Group Medical Visits: The Feasibility of Promoting Conversations. Ann Fam Med. 2016 Mar;14(2):125-32. PubMed PMID: 26951587

Sutton BS, Pracht É, Williams AR, Alemi F, Williams AE, Levy C. Budget Impact Analysis of Veterans Affairs Medical Foster Homes versus Community Living Centers. Popul Health Manag. 2016 Apr 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27128142

Levy C. Open Spaces and Running into Clarity. J Palliat Med. 2018 Feb;21(2):264-265. PubMed PMID: 28846470

Landis-Lewis Z, Kononowech J, Scott WJ, Hogikyan RV, Carpenter JG, Periyakoil VS, Miller SC, Levy C, Ersek M, Sales A. Designing clinical practice feedback reports: three steps illustrated in Veterans Health Affairs long-term care facilities and programs. Implement Sci. 2020 Jan 21;15(1):7. PubMed PMID: 31964414

Bickel KE, Kennedy R, Levy C, Burgio KL, Bailey FA. The Relationship of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder to End-of-life Care Received by Dying Veterans: a Secondary Data Analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Feb;35(2):505-513. PubMed PMID: 31792872

Haverhals LM, Manheim C, Gilman C, Karuza J, Olsan T, Edwards ST, Levy CR, Gillespie SM. Dedicated to the Mission: Strategies US Department of Veterans Affairs Home-Based Primary Care Teams Apply to Keep Veterans at Home. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Dec;67(12):2511-2518. PubMed PMID: 31593296

Jones CD, Falvey J, Hess E, Levy CR, Nuccio E, Barón AE, Masoudi FA, Stevens-Lapsley J. Predicting Hospital Readmissions from Home Healthcare in Medicare Beneficiaries. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Dec;67(12):2505-2510. PubMed PMID: 31463941

Jones CD, Levy CR. Improved Communication in Home Health Care Could Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Aug 1;179(8):1151-1152. PubMed PMID: 31380950

Levy C, Whitfield EA, Gutman R. Medical foster home is less costly than traditional nursing home care. Health Serv Res. 2019 Dec;54(6):1346-1356. PubMed PMID: 31328798

Mor V, Wagner TH, Levy C, Ersek M, Miller SC, Gidwani-Marszowski R, Joyce N, Faricy-Anderson K, Corneau EA, Lorenz K, Kinosian B, Shreve S. Association of Expanded VA Hospice Care With Aggressive Care and Cost for Veterans With Advanced Lung Cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jun 1;5(6):810-816. PubMed PMID: 30920603

Jones CD, Jones J, Bowles KH, Flynn L, Masoudi FA, Coleman EA, Levy C, Boxer RS. Quality of Hospital Communication and Patient Preparation for Home Health Care: Results From a Statewide Survey of Home Health Care Nurses and Staff. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 Apr;20(4):487-491. PubMed PMID: 30799224

Jones CD, Jones J, Bowles KH, Schroeder S, Masoudi FA, Coleman EA, Falvey J, Levy CR, Boxer RS. Patient, Caregiver, and Clinician Perspectives on Expectations for Home Healthcare after Discharge: A Qualitative Case Study. J Hosp Med. 2019 Feb;14(2):90-95. PubMed PMID: 30785416

Gustavson AM, Drake C, Lakin A, Daddato AE, Falvey JR, Capell W, Lum HD, Jones CD, Unroe KT, Towsley GL, Stevens-Lapsley JE, Levy CR, Boxer RS, and PACRATS Investigators. Conducting Clinical Research in Post-Acute and Long-Term Nursing Home Care Settings: Regulatory Challenges. Journal of American Medical Director’s. 2019 Jan 1; 20(7);798-803. ISSN 1525-8610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.04.022. PMID: 30602041

Carpenter, J., Miller, S., Kolanowski, A., Karel, M., Periyakoil, V., Lowery, J., Levy, C., Sales, A., Ersek., M. Partnership to Enhance Resident Outcomes for Community Living Center (CLC) Residents with Dementia: Description of the Protocol and Preliminary Findings. J Gerontol Nurs. 2019. 45(3), 21-30. PMID: 30789986.

Levy C, Abbott J. Two physicians plan for the possibility of developing dementia. Journal of Palliative Medicine. In press Feb 2019.

Wojtusiak J, Asadzadehzanjani N, Levy C, Alemi F, Williams AE. Computational Barthel Index: an automated tool for assessing and predicting activities of daily living among nursing home patients. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2021 Jan 9;21(1):17. PubMed PMID: 33422059

Gillespie SM, Li J, Karuza J, Levy C, Dang S, Olsan T, Kinosian B, Intrator O. Factors Associated With Hospitalization by Veterans in Home Based Primary Care. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Jan 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33524340

Manheim C, Haverhals L, Gilman C, Karuza J, Olsan T, Edwards S, Levy C, Gillespie S. VA Home Based Primary Care Teams: Partnering with and Acting as Caregivers for Veterans. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2021 Jan-Mar;40(1):1-15. PubMed PMID: 33411588

Kononowech J, Landis-Lewis Z, Carpenter J, Ersek M, Hogikyan R, Levy C, Phibbs C, Scott W, Sales AE. Visual process maps to support implementation efforts: a case example. Implement Sci Commun. 2020 Nov 25;1(1):105. PubMed PMID: 33292818

Griffith MF, Levy CR, Parikh TJ, Stevens-Lapsley JE, Eber LB, Palat ST, Gozalo PL, Teno JM. Nursing Home Residents Face Severe Functional Limitation or Death After Hospitalization for Pneumonia. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Dec;21(12):1879-1884. PubMed PMID: 33263287

Haverhals LM, Gilman C, Manheim C, Bauers C, Kononowech J, Levy C. Implementation of VA's Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative: Facilitators and Barriers to Early Implementation Across Seven VA Medical Centers. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Nov 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33157178

Griffith MF, Levy CR, Lum HD, Teno JM, Dale CR. Trends in Advance Care Planning for Patients with COPD in an Integrated Health Care System. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33147425

Ayele R, Manges KA, Leonard C, Lee M, Galenbeck E, Molla M, Levy C, Burke RE. How Context Influences Hospital Readmissions from Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Rapid Ethnographic Study. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Sep 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32943342

Magid KH, Galenbeck E, Hazelwood J, Shanbhag P, Joucovsky AL, Levy CR, Lum HD. Sharing Space to Age in Community: A Mixed-Methods Study of Homeshare Organizations. J Aging Soc Policy. 2022 Feb 6;:1-29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35129098

Miller SC, Scott WJ, Ersek M, Levy C, Hogikyan R, Periyakoil VS, Carpenter JG, Cohen J, Foglia MB. Honoring Veterans' Preferences: The Association Between Comfort Care Goals and Care Received at the End of Life. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Sep 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32911038

Levy C, Zimmerman S, Mor V, Gifford D, Greenberg SA, Klinger JH, Lieblich C, Linnebur S, McAllister A, Nazir A, Pace D, Stone R, Resnick B, Sloane PD, Ouslander J, Gaugler JE. Pragmatic Trials in Long-Term Care: Challenges, Opportunities, Recommendations. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Dec 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34919838

Magid KH, Galenbeck E, Levy C. How Pragmatic are Trials in Nursing Home Settings?. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Dec;21(12):1821-1823. PubMed PMID: 32859515

Intrator O, Li J, Gillespie SM, Levy C, Davis D, Edes T, Kinosian B, Karuza J. Benchmarking Site of Death and Hospice Use: A Case Study of Veterans Cared by Department of Veterans Affairs Home-based Primary Care. Med Care. 2020 Sep;58(9):805-814. PubMed PMID: 32826746

Jones TS, Jones EL, Barnett CC Jr, Moore JT, Wikiel KJ, Horney CP, Unruh M, Levy CR, Robinson TN. A Multidisciplinary High-Risk Surgery Committee May Improve Perioperative Decision Making for Patients and Physicians. J Palliat Med. 2021 Dec;24(12):1863-1866. PubMed PMID: 34851187

Moyo P, Corneau E, Cornell PY, Mochel AL, Magid KH, Levy C, Mor V. Antipsychotic initiation and new diagnoses excluded from quality-measure reporting among Veterans in community nursing homes contracted by the Veterans Health Administration in the United States. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 2021 Nov 5;:e1898. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34739736

Palat ST, Eber LB, Lum H, Levy C. Monoclonal Antibody Use in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: A Call to Action. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Dec;22(12):2516-2517. PubMed PMID: 34736892

Jones CD, Thomas J, Ytell K, Roczen ML, Levy CR, Jordan SR, Lum HD, Gritz M. Is Health Information Exchange Participation Associated With Hospital Readmissions From Home Health Care?. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 Jan;23(1):170-173.e2. PubMed PMID: 34480865

Lum HD, Dukes J, Daddato AE, Juarez-Colunga E, Shanbhag P, Kutner JS, Levy CR, Sudore RL. Effectiveness of Advance Care Planning Group Visits Among Older Adults in Primary Care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Oct;68(10):2382-2389. PubMed PMID: 32726475

Bickel KE, Levy C, MacPhee ER, Brenner K, Temel JS, Arch JJ, Greer JA. An Integrative Framework of Appraisal and Adaptation in Serious Medical Illness. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Sep;60(3):657-677.e6. PubMed PMID: 32446974

Levy C, Esmaeili A, Smith D, Hogikyan R, Periyakoil V, Carpenter JG, Sales A, Ersek M. Family members' experience improves with care preference documentation in home based primary care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Dec;69(12):3576-3583. PubMed PMID: 34390489

Levy C, Galenbeck E, Magid K. Cannabis for Symptom Management in Older Adults. Med Clin North Am. 2020 May;104(3):471-489. PubMed PMID: 32312410

Levy C, Au D, Ozkaynak M. Innovation and Quality Improvement: Safe or Sabotage in Nursing Homes?. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Aug;22(8):1670-1671. PubMed PMID: 34334162

Magid KH, Solorzano N, Manheim C, Haverhals LM, Levy C. Social Support and Stressors among VA Medical Foster Home Caregivers. J Aging Soc Policy. 2021 May 28;:1-21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34047675

Gillespie SM, Li J, Karuza J, Levy C, Dang ,Olsan T, Kinosian B, Intrator I. Factors Associated with Hospitalization by Veterans in Home Based Primary Care. J Am Med Dir Assoc. May 2021; 22(5): 1043-1051. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.12.033. Epub 2021 Jan 29.PMID: 33524340

McConnell ES, Xue TM, Levy CR. Veterans Health Administration Models of Community-Based Long-Term Care: State of the Science. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 Dec;23(12):1900-1908.e7. PubMed PMID: 36370751

Wyte-Lake T, Levy C, Hovsepian S, Mudoh Y, Schmitz C, Dobalian A. COVID-19 vaccine adoption and hesitancy among older Veterans. BMC Public Health. 2022 Aug 11;22(1):1532. PubMed PMID: 35953851

Plys E, Levy C. Depression within the First Year of Relocation to Residential Care/Assisted Living: Where You Come From Matters. J Appl Gerontol. 2022 Dec;41(12):2532-2541. PubMed PMID: 35930794

Ersek M, Sales A, Keddem S, Ayele R, Haverhals LM, Magid KH, Kononowech J, Murray A, Carpenter JG, Foglia MB, Potter L, McKenzie J, Davis D, Levy C. Preferences Elicited and Respected for Seriously Ill Veterans through Enhanced Decision-Making (PERSIVED): a protocol for an implementation study in the Veterans Health Administration. Implement Sci Commun. 2022 Jul 20;3(1):78. PubMed PMID: 35859140

Plys E, Levy CR, Brenner LA, Vranceanu AM. Let's Integrate! The Case for Bringing Behavioral Health to Nursing Home-Based Post-Acute and Subacute Care. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 Sep;23(9):1461-1467.e7. PubMed PMID: 35792146

Haverhals LM, Manheim CE, Katz M, Levy CR. Caring for Homebound Veterans during COVID-19 in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Foster Home Program. Geriatrics (Basel). 2022 Jun 15;7(3). PubMed PMID: 35735771

Magid KH, Galenbeck E, Haverhals LM, Cornell PY, Moyo P, Mochel AL, Corneau E, Rudolph JL, Mor V, Levy C. Purchasing High-Quality Community Nursing Home Care: A Will to Work With VHA Diminished by Contracting Burdens. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 Nov;23(11):1757-1764. PubMed PMID: 35429454

Sloane PD, Portelli Tremont JN, Brasel KJ, Dhesi J, Hewitt J, Joseph BA, Ko FC, Kow AWC, Lagoo-Deenadelayan SA, Levy CR, Louie RJ, McConnell ES, Neuman MD, Partridge J, Rosenthal RA. Surgery and Geriatric Medicine: Toward Greater Integration and Collaboration. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 Apr;23(4):525-527. PubMed PMID: 35379455

Levy CR. Celebrating 25 Years of JPM: An "Alternative" to Standard Care Becomes the Gold Standard. J Palliat Med. 2022 Apr;25(4):522-524. PubMed PMID: 35363069

Lam K, Cenzer I, Levy CR, Matlock DD, Smith AK, Covinsky KE. The Natural History of Disability and Caregiving Before and After Long-Term Care Entry. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Dec 1;183(12):1295-1303. PubMed PMID: 37930717

Ersek M, Sales A, Keddem S, Ayele R, Haverhals LM, Magid KH, Kononowech J, Murray A, Carpenter JG, Foglia MB, Potter L, McKenzie J, Davis D, Levy C. Correction: Preferences Elicited and Respected for Seriously Ill Veterans through Enhanced Decision-Making (PERSIVED): a protocol for an implementation study in the Veterans Health Administration. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 Mar 14;4(1):26. PubMed PMID: 36918996

Cornell PY, Magid KH, Corneau E, Haverhals LM, Levy C. Decline in Veterans' Admissions to Nursing Homes during COVID-19: Fewer Beds, More Fear, and Finding Alternative Care Settings. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 Apr;24(4):447-450. PubMed PMID: 36708741

Cole CS, Roydhouse J, Fink RM, Ozkaynak M, Carpenter JG, Plys E, Wan S, Levy CR. Identifying Nursing Home Residents with Unmet Palliative Care Needs: A Systematic Review of Screening Tool Measurement Properties. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 May;24(5):619-628.e3. PubMed PMID: 37030323

Kononowech J, Landis-Lewis Z, Carpenter J, Ersek M, Hogikyan R, Levy C, Phibbs C, Scott W, Sales AE. Correction: Visual process maps to support implementation efforts: a case example. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 Mar 20;4(1):29. PubMed PMID: 36941699

Resnick B, Vellega A, Levy C. The Interdisciplinary Care Team Approach in Long-Term Care: Where are We and Where do We Need to Go?. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 Apr;24(4):407-409. PubMed PMID: 37005056

Haverhals, L.M., Manheim, C. Nunnery, M., & Levy, C. (2023). Identifying Efforts and Challenges of Marketing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Foster Home Program. Innovation in Aging. Vol 7(Suppl 1): 886. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.2850

Haverhals, L.M., Magid, K., Kononowech, J., Beltran, J. Lane, A. & Levy, C. (2023). Using Process Evaluation to Improve Documentation of Life-Sustaining Treatments for Veterans. Innovation in Aging. Vol 7(Suppl 1): 709-710. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.2301

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