Author Archives: Kathryn Foster

About Kathryn Foster

Kathryn Foster graduated from the College of Wooster in 2016 with a BA in Anthropology. In prior roles, she worked on projects related to health care delivery and policy with a focus on qualitative data collection, coding, and analysis. Kathryn Foster is currently a public health analyst in RTI International’s Center for Health Care Quality and Outcomes. Her research focuses on quality measurement and public reporting, including the implementation of federal quality reporting programs. She is currently pursuing an MS in Health Communication from Northwestern University.

Nursing Home Characteristics and COVID-19 Outcomes: The Evidence is Mixed

By | December 17, 2021
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COVID-19 has severely affected nursing homes. As of now, over 139,270 residents and 2,155 nursing home staff have died from COVID-19. This post provides insight on the questions researchers are asking to understand the impact of nursing facility factors on COVID-19. A Perfect Storm The combination of a frail, aging population, close living quarters, and… Read More »

CMS Launches Compare Website Replacement: How does it measure up?

By | January 27, 2021
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Care Compare webpage

This fall, CMS launched two new websites: Care Compare and the Provider Data Catalog (PDC).  Both tools replaced the eight existing Compare tools and data.medicare.gov, which were sunset last year. The data included on Care Compare is intended to help Medicare beneficiaries make informed decisions about their care. While there have been articles and press releases… Read More »