Virginia Wang | Scholars@Duke

Virginia Wang
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences

Dr. Virginia Wang is an Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences and Medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine and Core Faculty in the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy. She is also a Core Investigator in the Health Services Research Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation at the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Dr. Wang received her PhD in Health Policy and Management, with a focus on organizational behavior. Her research examines organizational influences and policy on the provision of health services, provider strategy and performance, care coordination, and outcomes for patients with complex chronic disease.

Dr. Wang’s research has been supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health.

Areas of expertise: health services research, organizational behavior, health policy, implementation and program evaluation

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2021
Associate Professor in Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2020
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke - Margolis Center For Health Policy, Initiatives 2019

Contact Information

215 Morris Street, Suite 210, Durham, NC 27710
Campus Box 104427, Durham, NC 27710
virginia.wang@duke.edu (919) 668-1793

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2008
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2017 - 2020
- Associate Professor in Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2018 - 2020
- Assistant Professor in Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2011 - 2017
- Instructor Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2010
Research
Selected Grants
- Improving medication adherence and disease control for patients with multimorbidity: the role of price transparency tools awarded by National Institutes of Health 2023 - 2027
- Comparative Effectiveness of Two Approaches to Symptom Monitoring in Hemodialysis awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2022 - 2027
- Living Donor Kidney Transplant: Establishing the Phenotype of an Equitable Program awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2021 - 2024
- QT prolonging medications and sudden cardiac death among individuals on hemodialysis awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2020 - 2024
- Infection Control Measures in Dialysis Facilities after COVID-19: Disparities in Adoption and Impact on Hospitalization and Mortality awarded by Brown University 2021 - 2023
- National Study of Community-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury Epidemiology and Outcomes awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2023
- Examining Medicare Reliance after Implementation of Medicare Payment Reform and the ACA Marketplace awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2021 - 2022
- Improving Quality by Measuring and Reporting Health Disparities in Vulnerable Populations awarded by National Committee for Quality Assurance 2020 - 2021
- Improving Quality by Measuring and Reporting Health Disparities in Vulnerable Populations awarded by National Committee for Quality Assurance 2017 - 2020
- Supply of Vascular Access Surgeons and Use of Arteriovenous Fistulas awarded by University of Michigan 2018 - 2020
- Cascading Impacts of Bundled Payment on Peritoneal Dialysis Provision & Outcomes awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
- Fragmentation of Medication Management in Medicare awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2014 - 2016
- Duke Mentored CER Scholar Program awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2010 - 2013
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Assessing the Unintended Consequences of the PDC at Duke University (1930-70) awarded by Duke Office of the Provost 2021
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Diamantidis, Clarissa J., Amy Storfer-Isser, Ezra Fishman, Virginia Wang, Lindsay Zepel, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Costs Associated With Progression of Mildly Reduced Kidney Function Among Medicare Advantage Enrollees.” Kidney Med 5, no. 6 (June 2023): 100636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100636.
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  - Voils, Corrine I., Cynthia J. Coffman, R Ryanne Wu, Janet M. Grubber, Deborah A. Fisher, Elizabeth M. Strawbridge, Nina Sperber, et al. “A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Family Health History Platform to Identify and Manage Patients at Increased Risk for Colorectal Cancer.” J Gen Intern Med 38, no. 6 (May 2023): 1375–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07787-9.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa J., Lindsay Zepel, Valerie A. Smith, M Alan Brookhart, Erin Burks, C Barrett Bowling, Matthew L. Maciejewski, and Virginia Wang. “Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury Among US Veterans.” Am J Kidney Dis, March 23, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.01.448.
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  - Hughes, Jaime M., Leah L. Zullig, Ashley L. Choate, Kasey P. Decosimo, Virginia Wang, Courtney H. Van Houtven, Kelli D. Allen, and S. Nicole Hastings. “Intensification of Implementation Strategies: Developing a Model of Foundational and Enhanced Implementation Approaches to Support National Adoption and Scale-up.” Gerontologist 63, no. 3 (March 21, 2023): 604–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac130.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Lindsay Zepel, Cynthia J. Coffman, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Sarah Hudson Scholle, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Have racial disparities in home dialysis utilization changed over time?” Am J Manag Care 29, no. 3 (March 2023): 152–58. https://doi.org/10.37765/ajmc.2023.89329.
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  - Katz-Greenberg, Goni, Mariya L. Samoylova, Brian I. Shaw, Sarah Peskoe, Dinushika Mohottige, L Ebony Boulware, Virginia Wang, and Lisa M. McElroy. “Association of the Affordable Care Act on Access to and Outcomes After Kidney or Liver Transplant: A Transplant Registry Study.” Transplant Proc 55, no. 1 (2023): 56–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.12.008.
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  - Bowling, C Barrett, Maren K. Olsen, Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, Battista Smith, Breana Floyd, Nadya Majette, Amy L. Miles, et al. “Reserve and resilience in CKD: concept introduction and baseline results from the Physical REsilience Prediction in Advanced REnal Disease (PREPARED) study.” Bmc Nephrol 23, no. 1 (December 31, 2022): 418. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-022-03033-w.
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  - Bruening, Rebecca A., Nina Sperber, Virginia Wang, Elizabeth Mahanna, Ashley Choate, Matthew Tucker, Leah L. Zullig, Courtney Harold Van Houtven, Kelli D. Allen, and Susan N. Hastings. “Self-Organization of Interprofessional Staff to Improve Mobility of Hospitalized Patients with STRIDE: a Complexity Science-Informed Qualitative Study.” J Gen Intern Med 37, no. 16 (December 2022): 4216–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07482-9.
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  - Lamprea-Montealegre, Julio A., Priya Joshi, Abigail S. Shapiro, Erin Madden, Krista Navarra, O Alison Potok, L Parker Gregg, et al. “Improving chronic kidney disease detection and treatment in the United States: the chronic kidney disease cascade of care (C3) study protocol.” Bmc Nephrol 23, no. 1 (October 12, 2022): 331. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-022-02943-z.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Lindsay Zepel, Bradley G. Hammill, Abby Hoffman, Caroline E. Sloan, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Rates of Medicare Enrollment Among Dialysis Patients After Implementation of Medicare Payment Reform and the Affordable Care Act Marketplace.” Jama Netw Open 5, no. 9 (September 1, 2022): e2232118. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32118.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Joshua D’Adolf, Kasey Decosimo, Katina Robinson, Ashley Choate, Rebecca Bruening, Nina Sperber, et al. “Adapting to CONNECT: modifying a nursing home-based team-building intervention to improve hospital care team interactions, functioning, and implementation readiness.” Bmc Health Serv Res 22, no. 1 (July 29, 2022): 968. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08270-1.
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  - Ma, Jessica E., Janet Grubber, Cynthia J. Coffman, Virginia Wang, S Nicole Hastings, Kelli D. Allen, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, et al. “Identifying Family and Unpaid Caregivers in Electronic Health Records: Descriptive Analysis.” Jmir Form Res 6, no. 7 (July 18, 2022): e35623. https://doi.org/10.2196/35623.
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  - Golla, Vishnukamal, Nancy M. Allen Lapointe, Mina Silberberg, Virginia Wang, Trevor A. Lentz, Deborah R. Kaye, Corinna Sorenson, Robert Saunders, and Brystana G. Kaufman. “Improving health equity for older people with serious illness through value based payment reform.” J Am Geriatr Soc 70, no. 7 (July 2022): 2180–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17815.
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  - O’Hare, Ann M., Catherine R. Butler, Ryan J. Laundry, Whitney Showalter, Jeffrey Todd-Stenberg, Pam Green, Paul L. Hebert, et al. “Implications of Cross-System Use Among US Veterans With Advanced Kidney Disease in the Era of the MISSION Act: A Qualitative Study of Health Care Records.” Jama Intern Med 182, no. 7 (July 1, 2022): 710–19. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1379.
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  - Bowling, C Barrett, Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, Battista Smith, Heather E. Whitson, Nicole DePasquale, Virginia Wang, Matthew L. Maciejewski, and Maren K. Olsen. “Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 Social Distancing Among Older Adults With Kidney Disease.” The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 77, no. 4 (April 2022): e133–37. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab211.
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  - Erickson, Kevin F., Anupama Warrier, and Virginia Wang. “Market Consolidation and Innovation in US Dialysis.” Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 29, no. 1 (January 2022): 65–75. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ackd.2022.01.002.
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  - Thorsness, Rebecca, Virginia Wang, Rachel E. Patzer, Kelsey Drewry, Vincent Mor, Momotazur Rahman, and Amal N. Trivedi. “Association of Social Risk Factors With Home Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Rates in Dialysis Facilities.” Jama 326, no. 22 (December 2021): 2323–25. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.18372.
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  - Hughes, Jaime M., John T. Bartle, Ashley L. Choate, Elizabeth P. Mahanna, Cassie L. Meyer, Matthew C. Tucker, Virginia Wang, Kelli D. Allen, Courtney H. Van Houtven, and Susan Nicole Hastings. “Walking All over COVID-19: The Rapid Development of STRIDE in Your Room, an Innovative Approach to Enhance a Hospital-Based Walking Program during the Pandemic.” Geriatrics (Basel) 6, no. 4 (November 10, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6040109.
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  - Sloan, Caroline E., Abby Hoffman, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Cynthia J. Coffman, Justin G. Trogdon, and Virginia Wang. “Trends in Dialysis Industry Consolidation After Medicare Payment Reform, 2006-2016.” Jama Health Forum 2, no. 11 (November 2021): e213626. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3626.
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  - Sloan, Caroline E., Cynthia J. Coffman, Linda L. Sanders, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Shoou-Yih D. Lee, Richard A. Hirth, and Virginia Wang. “Trends in Regional Supply of Peritoneal Dialysis in an Era of Health Reform, 2006 to 2013.” Med Care Res Rev 78, no. 3 (June 2021): 281–90. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558720910633.
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  - Boucher, N. A., L. L. Zullig, M. Shepherd-Banigan, K. P. Decosimo, J. Dadolf, A. Choate, E. P. Mahanna, et al. “Replicating an effective VA program to train and support family caregivers: a hybrid type III effectiveness-implementation design.” Bmc Health Serv Res 21, no. 1 (May 6, 2021): 430. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06448-7.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Lindsay Zepel, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Valerie A. Smith, Sarah Hudson Scholle, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Annual wellness visits and care management before and after dialysis initiation.” Bmc Nephrol 22, no. 1 (May 5, 2021): 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02368-0.
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  - Cashion, Winn, Walid F. Gellad, Florentina E. Sileanu, Maria K. Mor, Michael J. Fine, Jennifer Hale, Daniel E. Hall, et al. “Source of Post-Transplant Care and Mortality among Kidney Transplant Recipients Dually Enrolled in VA and Medicare.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 16, no. 3 (March 8, 2021): 437–45. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.10020620.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Cynthia J. Coffman, Linda L. Sanders, Abby Hoffman, Caroline E. Sloan, Shoou-Yih D. Lee, Richard A. Hirth, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Comparing Mortality of Peritoneal and Hemodialysis Patients in an Era of Medicare Payment Reform.” Med Care 59, no. 2 (February 1, 2021): 155–62. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001457.
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  - Maciejewski, Matthew L., Lindsay Zepel, Sarah L. Hale, Virginia Wang, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Jacquelyn W. Blaz, Serene Olin, Shondelle M. Wilson-Frederick, Cara V. James, and Valerie A. Smith. “Opioid Prescribing in the 2016 Medicare Fee-for-Service Population.” J Am Geriatr Soc 69, no. 2 (February 2021): 485–93. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16911.
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  - Bradshaw, Christina, I-Chun Thomas, Maria E. Montez-Rath, Karl A. Lorenz, Steven M. Asch, John T. Leppert, Virginia Wang, Ann M. O’Hare, and Manjula Kurella Tamura. “Facility-Level Variation in Dialysis Use and Mortality Among Older Veterans With Incident Kidney Failure.” Jama Netw Open 4, no. 1 (January 4, 2021): e2034084. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34084.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa Jonas, Lindsay Zepel, Virginia Wang, Valerie A. Smith, Sarah Hudson Scholle, Loida Tamayo, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease Progression by Medicare Advantage Enrollees.” Am J Nephrol 52, no. 12 (2021): 949–57. https://doi.org/10.1159/000519758.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Shailender Swaminathan, Emily A. Corneau, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Amal N. Trivedi, Ann M. O’Hare, and Vincent Mor. “Association of VA Payment Reform for Dialysis with Spending, Access to Care, and Outcomes for Veterans with ESKD.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 15, no. 11 (November 6, 2020): 1631–39. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.02100220.
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  - Sloan, Caroline E., Judy Zhong, Dinushika Mohottige, Rasheeda Hall, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Leight E. Boulware, and Virginia Wang. “Fragmentation of care as a barrier to optimal ESKD management.” Semin Dial 33, no. 6 (November 2020): 440–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12929.
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  - Hastings, Susan N., Karen M. Stechuchak, Ashley Choate, Elizabeth P. Mahanna, Courtney Van Houtven, Kelli D. Allen, Virginia Wang, et al. “Implementation of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate a hospital mobility program.” Trials 21, no. 1 (October 16, 2020): 863. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04764-7.
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  - Hoffman, Abby, Matthew L. Maciejewski, and Virginia Wang. “Payer Mix Among Patients Receiving Dialysis-Reply.” Jama 324, no. 9 (September 1, 2020): 901. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.10774.
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  - Lee, Shoou-Yih D., Jie Xiang, Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, Diane Steffick, Rajiv Saran, and Virginia Wang. “Supply and Distribution of Vascular Access Physicians in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study.” Kidney360 1, no. 8 (August 2020): 763–71. https://doi.org/10.34067/kid.0002722020.
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  - Hoffman, Abby, Caroline E. Sloan, Matthew L. Maciejewski, and Virginia Wang. “Medicare Enrollment Among Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease Receiving Dialysis in Outpatient Facilities Between 2005 and 2016.” Jama 323, no. 13 (April 7, 2020): 1314–16. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.0704.
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  - Maciejewski, Matthew L., Bradley G. Hammill, Laura Ding, Lesley H. Curtis, Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Abby F. Hoffman, and Virginia Wang. “Care continuity impacts medicare expenditures of older adults: Fact or fiction?” Healthc (Amst) 8, no. 1 (March 2020): 100364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2019.05.004.
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  - Allen, Kelli D., Brandon Sheets, Dennis Bongiorni, Ashley Choate, Cynthia J. Coffman, Helen Hoenig, Kim Huffman, et al. “Implementation of a group physical therapy program for Veterans with knee osteoarthritis.” Bmc Musculoskelet Disord 21, no. 1 (February 3, 2020): 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-3079-x.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Brystana G. Kaufman, Kasey Decosimo, Joshua Dadolf, Nathan A. Boucher, Elizabeth P. Mahanna, Rebecca Bruening, et al. “Adaptation and Implementation of a Family Caregiver Skills Training Program: From Single Site RCT to Multisite Pragmatic Intervention.” J Nurs Scholarsh 52, no. 1 (January 2020): 23–33. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12511.
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  - Sloan, Caroline E., Cynthia J. Coffman, Linda L. Sanders, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Shoou-Yih D. Lee, Richard A. Hirth, and Virginia Wang. “Trends in Peritoneal Dialysis Use in the United States after Medicare Payment Reform.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 14, no. 12 (December 6, 2019): 1763–72. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.05910519.
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  - Goldstein, Karen M., Deborah A. Fisher, R Ryanne Wu, Lori A. Orlando, Cynthia J. Coffman, Janet M. Grubber, Tejinder Rakhra-Burris, et al. “An electronic family health history tool to identify and manage patients at increased risk for colorectal cancer: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.” Trials 20, no. 1 (October 7, 2019): 576. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3659-y.
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  - Diamantidis, Clarissa J., Sarah L. Hale, Virginia Wang, Valerie A. Smith, Sarah Hudson Scholle, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Lab-based and diagnosis-based chronic kidney disease recognition and staging concordance.” Bmc Nephrol 20, no. 1 (September 14, 2019): 357. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1551-3.
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  - Boulware, L Ebony, Virginia Wang, and Neil R. Powe. “Improving Access to Kidney Transplantation: Business as Usual or New Ways of Doing Business?” Jama 322, no. 10 (September 10, 2019): 931–33. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.12784.
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  - Wang, V., C. J. Coffman, A. M. O’hare, and M. L. Maciejewski. “Authors’ reply.” Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 30, no. 7 (July 1, 2019): 1338–39. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2019040402.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Cynthia J. Coffman, Ann M. O’Hare, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Confounding of Race/Ethnicity and Age in the Survival among Veterans Obtaining Dialysis in VA and Non-VA Settings Reply.” Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 30, no. 7 (July 1, 2019): 1338–39. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2019040402.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Cynthia J. Coffman, Ann M. O’Hare, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Authors’ Reply.” Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 30, no. 7 (July 2019): 1338–39. https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.2019040402.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Cynthia J. Coffman, Ann M. O’Hare, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Authors' Reply.” J Am Soc Nephrol 30, no. 7 (July 2019): 1338–39. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2019040402.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Cynthia J. Coffman, Ann M. O’Hare, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Authors' Reply.” Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Jasn 30, no. 7 (July 2019): 1338–39. https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.2019040402.
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  - Wang, Virginia, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Patient Outcomes and Dialysis Consolidation-Two Big to Fail?” Jama Netw Open 2, no. 5 (May 3, 2019): e193962. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.3962.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Cynthia J. Coffman, Karen M. Stechuchak, Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, Paul L. Hebert, David Edelman, Ann M. O’Hare, Susan T. Crowley, Hollis J. Weidenbacher, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Survival among Veterans Obtaining Dialysis in VA and Non-VA Settings.” J Am Soc Nephrol 30, no. 1 (January 2019): 159–68. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2018050521.
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  - Sperber, Nina R., Rebecca A. Bruening, Ashley Choate, Elizabeth Mahanna, Virginia Wang, Byron J. Powell, Teresa Damush, et al. “Implementing a Mandated Program Across a Regional Health Care System: A Rapid Qualitative Assessment to Evaluate Early Implementation Strategies.” Qual Manag Health Care 28, no. 3 (2019): 147–54. https://doi.org/10.1097/QMH.0000000000000221.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Cynthia J. Coffman, Ann M. O’Hare, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Confounding of Race/Ethnicity and Age in the Survival among Veterans Obtaining Dialysis in VA and Non-VA Settings Reply.” Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 30, no. 7 (2019): 1338–39. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2019040402.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Cynthia J. Coffman, Linda L. Sanders, Shoou-Yih D. Lee, Richard A. Hirth, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Medicare's New Prospective Payment System on Facility Provision of Peritoneal Dialysis.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 13, no. 12 (December 7, 2018): 1833–41. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.05680518.
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  - Hastings, Susan Nicole, Ashley L. Choate, Elizabeth P. Mahanna, Theresa A. Floegel, Kelli D. Allen, Courtney H. Van Houtven, and Virginia Wang. “Early Mobility in the Hospital: Lessons Learned from the STRIDE Program.” Geriatrics (Basel) 3, no. 4 (December 2018). https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics3040061.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Cynthia J. Coffman, Karen M. Stechuchak, Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, Paul L. Hebert, David Edelman, Ann M. O’Hare, Hollis J. Weidenbacher, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Comparative Assessment of Utilization and Hospital Outcomes of Veterans Receiving VA and Non-VA Outpatient Dialysis.” Health Serv Res 53 Suppl 3, no. Suppl Suppl 3 (December 2018): 5309–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13022.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Christian D. Helfrich, and Bryan J. Weiner. “Working smarter not harder: Coupling implementation to de-implementation.” Healthc (Amst) 6, no. 2 (June 2018): 104–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2017.12.004.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Kelli Allen, Courtney H. Van Houtven, Cynthia Coffman, Nina Sperber, Elizabeth P. Mahanna, Cathleen Colón-Emeric, et al. “Supporting teams to optimize function and independence in Veterans: a multi-study program and mixed methods protocol.” Implement Sci 13, no. 1 (April 20, 2018): 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-018-0748-3.
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  - Maciejewski, Matthew L., Bradley G. Hammill, Corrine I. Voils, Laura Ding, Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Lesley H. Curtis, and Virginia Wang. “Prescriber continuity and medication availability in older adults with cardiometabolic conditions.” Sage Open Med 6 (2018): 2050312118757388. https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312118757388.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, JaNell Wylie, and Raquel C. Greer. “Minding the gap and overlap: a literature review of fragmentation of primary care for chronic dialysis patients.” Bmc Nephrol 18, no. 1 (August 29, 2017): 274. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0689-0.
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  - Maciejewski, Matthew L., Bradley G. Hammill, Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Laura Ding, Corrine I. Voils, Lesley H. Curtis, and Virginia Wang. “Prescriber Continuity and Disease Control of Older Adults.” Med Care 55, no. 4 (April 2017): 405–10. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000658.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Cynthia J. Coffman, Linda L. Sanders, Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, Richard Hirth, and Joseph Messana. “Impacts of Geographic Distance on Peritoneal Dialysis Utilization: Refining Models of Treatment Selection.” Health Serv Res 52, no. 1 (February 2017): 35–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.12489.
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  - Maciejewski, Matthew L., Bradley G. Hammill, Laura G. Qualls, Susan N. Hastings, Virginia Wang, and Lesley H. Curtis. “Appropriate baseline laboratory testing following ACEI or ARB initiation by Medicare FFS beneficiaries.” Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 25, no. 9 (September 2016): 1015–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.3994.
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  - Wong, Edwin S., Virginia Wang, Chuan-Fen Liu, Paul L. Hebert, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Do Veterans Health Administration Enrollees Generalize to Other Populations?” Med Care Res Rev 73, no. 4 (August 2016): 493–507. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558715617382.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Helene Vilme, Matthew L. Maciejewski, and L Ebony Boulware. “The Economic Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease.” Semin Nephrol 36, no. 4 (July 2016): 319–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semnephrol.2016.05.008.
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  - Hammill, Bradley G., Lesley H. Curtis, Laura G. Qualls, Susan N. Hastings, Virginia Wang, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Linkage of Laboratory Results to Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims.” Med Care 53, no. 11 (November 2015): 974–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000420.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Bradley G. Hammill, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Rasheeda K. Hall, Lynn Van Scoyoc, Amit X. Garg, Arsh K. Jain, and Uptal D. Patel. “Impact of automated reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate in the veterans health administration.” Med Care 53, no. 2 (February 2015): 177–83. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000275.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Shoou-Yih D. Lee, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Inertia in health care organizations: A case study of peritoneal dialysis services.” Health Care Manage Rev 40, no. 3 (2015): 203–13. https://doi.org/10.1097/HMR.0000000000000024.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Bradley G. Hammill, Rasheeda K. Hall, Lynn Van Scoyoc, Amit X. Garg, Arsh K. Jain, and Uptal D. Patel. “Recognition of CKD after the introduction of automated reporting of estimated GFR in the Veterans Health Administration.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 9, no. 1 (January 2014): 29–36. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.02490213.
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  - Maciejewski, Matthew L., Virginia Wang, James F. Burgess, Chris L. Bryson, Mark Perkins, and Chuan-Fen Liu. “The continuity and quality of primary care.” Med Care Res Rev 70, no. 5 (October 2013): 497–513. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558713495454.
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  - Maciejewski, Matthew L., Chris L. Bryson, Virginia Wang, Mark Perkins, and Chuan-Fen Liu. “Potential bias in medication adherence studies of prevalent users.” Health Serv Res 48, no. 4 (August 2013): 1468–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.12043.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Uptal D. Patel, Karen M. Stechuchak, Denise M. Hynes, and Morris Weinberger. “Comparison of outcomes for veterans receiving dialysis care from VA and non-VA providers.” Bmc Health Serv Res 13 (January 18, 2013): 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-26.
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  - Hall, Rasheeda K., Virginia Wang, George L. Jackson, Bradley G. Hammill, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Elizabeth M. Yano, Laura P. Svetkey, and Uptal D. Patel. “Implementation of automated reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate among Veterans Affairs laboratories: a retrospective study.” Bmc Med Inform Decis Mak 12 (July 12, 2012): 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-12-69.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Valerie A. Smith, Hayden B. Bosworth, Eugene Z. Oddone, Maren K. Olsen, Felicia McCant, Benjamin J. Powers, and Courtney Harold Van Houtven. “Economic evaluation of telephone self-management interventions for blood pressure control.” Am Heart J 163, no. 6 (June 2012): 980–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2012.03.016.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Chuan-Fen Liu, Christopher L. Bryson, Nancy D. Sharp, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Does medication adherence following a copayment increase differ by disease burden?” Health Serv Res 46, no. 6pt1 (December 2011): 1963–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01286.x.
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  - Maciejewski, Matthew L., Virginia Wang, David C. Grabowski, and Pei-Jung Lin. “Early evidence on the quality of care provided by special needs plans.” Med Care 49, no. 10 (October 2011): 891–96. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0b013e31821b346b.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Shoou-Yih D. Lee, Uptal D. Patel, Matthew L. Maciejewski, and Thomas C. Ricketts. “Longitudinal analysis of market factors associated with provision of peritoneal dialysis services.” Med Care Res Rev 68, no. 5 (October 2011): 537–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558711399768.
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  - Bosworth, Hayden B., Benjamin J. Powers, Maren K. Olsen, Felicia McCant, Janet Grubber, Valerie Smith, Pamela W. Gentry, et al. “Home blood pressure management and improved blood pressure control: results from a randomized controlled trial.” Arch Intern Med 171, no. 13 (July 11, 2011): 1173–80. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.276.
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  - Wang, Virginia, Shoou-Yih D. Lee, Uptal D. Patel, Bryan J. Weiner, Thomas C. Ricketts, and Morris Weinberger. “Geographic and temporal trends in peritoneal dialysis services in the United States between 1995 and 2003.” Am J Kidney Dis 55, no. 6 (June 2010): 1079–87. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.01.022.
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  - Alexander, Jeffrey A., Shoou-Yih D. Lee, Virginia Wang, and Frances S. Margolin. “Changes in the monitoring and oversight practices of not-for-profit hospital governing boards 1989-2005: evidence from three national surveys.” Med Care Res Rev 66, no. 2 (April 2009): 181–96. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558708326527.
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  - Lee, Shoou-Yih D., Jeffrey A. Alexander, Virginia Wang, Frances S. Margolin, and John R. Combes. “An empirical taxonomy of hospital governing board roles.” Health Serv Res 43, no. 4 (August 2008): 1223–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00835.x.
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  - Lee, S. Y. D., J. A. Alexander, and V. Wang. “A taxonomy of hospital governing boards.” Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting: Doing Well by Doing Good, Aom 2007, December 1, 2007.
  - Hobbs, Suzanne Havala, Edward F. Brooks, Virginia Wang, and Asheley Cockrell Skinner. “Developing practitioner leaders in a distance education doctoral program: challenges and opportunities.” J Health Adm Educ 24, no. 3 (2007): 283–300.
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  - McKinney, Martha M., Bryan J. Weiner, and Virginia Wang. “Recruiting participants to cancer prevention clinical trials: lessons from successful community oncology networks.” Oncol Nurs Forum 33, no. 5 (September 1, 2006): 951–59. https://doi.org/10.1188/06.ONF.951-959.
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  - Lee, Shoou-Yih D., William H. Dow, Virginia Wang, and Jonathan B. VanGeest. “Use of deceptive tactics in physician practices: are there differences between international and US medical graduates?” Health Policy 67, no. 3 (March 2004): 257–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-8510(03)00124-6.
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  - Huskamp, H. A., M. B. Buntin, V. Wang, and J. P. Newhouse. “Providing care at the end of life: do Medicare rules impede good care?” Health Aff (Millwood) 20, no. 3 (2001): 204–11. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.20.3.204.
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- Conference Papers
  - Hastings, Susan, Karen Stechuchak, Cynthia Coffman, Ashley Choate, Courtney Van Houtven, Virginia Wang, Cassie Meyer, and Caitlin Kappler. “A STEPPED WEDGE CLUSTER RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF THE STRIDE SUPERVISED WALKING PROGRAM IN VA HOSPITALS.” In Innovation in Aging, 6:751–751, 2022.
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  - McElroy, L. M., T. Schappe, S. Peskoe, V. Wang, D. Mohottige, C. D. Scales, J. Pendergast, and L. Boulware. “Racial Equity in Living Donor Kidney Transplant: Center Variation and Opportunities for Progress.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 22:554–55, 2022.
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  - Shaw, B. I., M. L. Samoylova, V. Wang, T Jr Risoli, S. Peskoe, K. Caddell, and L. M. McElroy. “The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Insurance Status, Waitlist, and Transplant Outcomes in Liver Transplantation.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 21:349–349, 2021.
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  - Wang, V., S. Swaminathan, E. Corneau, M. Maciejewski, A. Trivedi, A. O’Hare, and V. Mor. “Improving the Value of Care for Veterans: Impacts of VA Payment Reform for Community-Based Dialysis.” In Health Services Research, 55:125–26, 2020.
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  - Maciejewski, Matthew L., Bradley G. Hammill, Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Lesley H. Curtis, and Virginia Wang. “Too many cooks in the kitchen: The association of medication adherence and diabetes control with number and type of prescribing physicians.” In Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 27:58–58. WILEY, 2018.
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  - Sloan, Caroline, Cynthia Coffman, Linda L. Sanders, Shoou-Yih Lee, Richard Hirth, Mathew L. Maciejewski, and Virginia Wang. “IMPACT OF MEDICARE DIALYSIS BUNDLED PAYMENT REFORM ON AVAILABILITY OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN THE UNITED STATES.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33:S227–S227. SPRINGER, 2018.
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  - Hall, R., V. Wang, G. Jackson, and U. Patel. “ADOPTION OF ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE REPORTING AMONG VETERANS AFFAIRS LABORATORIES.” In Journal of Investigative Medicine, 59:539–539. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2011.
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- Preprints
  - Ma, Jessica E., Janet Grubber, Cynthia J. Coffman, Virginia Wang, S Nicole Hastings, Kelli D. Allen, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, et al. “Identifying Family and Unpaid Caregivers in Electronic Health Records: Descriptive Analysis (Preprint).” JMIR Publications Inc., December 10, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.35623.
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