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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
gjh@med.umich.edu
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.
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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
G. Hoffman (PI) 2018-2019 12 months
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
G. Hoffman (PI) 2018-2019 12 months
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
G. Hoffman (PI) 2018-2019 12 months
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
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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
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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.
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Fall 2017 Faculty of
record, 2-
credit elective
Master's
course
N588: Policy analysis
and development for
healthcare leaders
Master's elective course to provide
students with overview of health policy
theory, development, and current
issues.
Winter 2018 Guest Lecturer
(Course
Director:
Deena Costa)
N527: Promoting
optimal models and
systems for healthcare
delivery
Master's core course. Lectured on US
healthcare financing.
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.
Winter 2018 Guest Lecturer
(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.
Winter 2018 Guest Lecturer
(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.
Fall 2018 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 2019 Guest Lecturer
(Course
Director:
Deena Costa)
N527: Promoting
optimal models and
systems for healthcare
delivery
Master's core course. Lectured on US
healthcare financing.
Winter 2019 Guest Lecturer
(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.
Winter 2019 Co-faculty of
record
HS807: Large US health
data
Graduate-level introduction to coding
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.
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Winter 2020 Guest Lecturer
(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.
Winter 2020 Co-faculty of
record
HS807: Large US health
data
Graduate-level introduction to coding
and national datasets. Led section of
course.
Winter 2020 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.
Winter 2021 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.
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
6/2012 Hoffman GJ and Rodriguez HP. “The Concordance of County-Level Falls and Fall-
Related Injuries among Older Adults.” Oral presentation at the 18th Annual
National Research Services Award (NRSA) Conference in Orlando, FL.
6/2012 Hoffman GJ and Rodriguez HP. “The Concordance of County-Level Falls and Fall-
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.
6/2012 Hoffman GJ and Rodriguez HP. “The Concordance of County-Level Falls and Fall-
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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