Taylor Bucy, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Professional Background

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. I received my PhD in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration (Cognate: Health Policy Analysis) from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and MPH in Health Management and Policy from the Oregon Health and Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health. My research critically examines the role of long-term and post-acute care within the broader healthcare delivery system and identifies areas for meaningful organizational improvement in the structures and processes that support high-quality care transitions and other important patient-centered outcomes.

• BS, Health Studies/Health Sciences, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
• MPH, Health Management & Policy, Oregon Health and Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland, Oregon
• PhD, Health Services Research, Policy & Administration, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Academy of Management, Health Care Management, Member, 2024 - Present
• Gerontological Society of America, Research in Quality of Care, Early Career Representative, 2024 - Present
• University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Member, 2024 - Present
• AcademyHealth, Member, 2021 - Present
• Gerontological Society of America, Member, 2019 - Present

Research

Overview

My research seeks solutions to improve both the quality and safety of care transitions for medically and socially complex patients as they interface with the long-term and post-acute care delivery system. I leverage my training in health services research, with a disciplinary focus in organizational studies, to evaluate the processes that shape health system experiences and outcomes. This includes how organizations have approached care improvements while facing complex policy environments, evolving incentive structures, and changing patient demographics. Additionally, I have a specific interest in how both formal and informal relationships between acute, post-acute, and community-based long-term care providers impacts care delivery for older adults with serious mental illness. I have expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis, including the use of large national survey data and administrative claims data.

• Bucy, Taylor., I, Maust, Donovan., T, Cross, Dori., A. 2025. Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility Networks: Informal Relationships and Their Role in the Placement of Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries With Serious Mental Illness.. Health Services Research, e14465
• Cross, D., A, Bucy, T., I, Rahman, M, McHugh, J., P. 2024. Access to preferred skilled nursing facilities: Transitional care pathways for patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.. Health services research, 59 (2), e14263
• Bucy, T., I, Cross, D., A. 2023. Information sharing to support care transitions for patients with complex mental health and social needs.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 71 (6), 1963-1973
• Bucy, T, Moeller, K, Skarphol, T, Shippee, N, Bowblis, J., R, Winkelman, T, Shippee, T. 2022. Serious Mental Illness in Nursing Homes: Stakeholder Perspectives on the Federal Preadmission Screening Program.. Journal of aging & social policy, 34 (5), 769-787
• Bucy, T, Moeller, K, Bowblis, J., R, Shippee, N, Fashaw-Walters, S, Winkelman, T, Shippee, T. 2022. Serious Mental Illness in the Nursing Home Literature: A Scoping Review.. Gerontology & geriatric medicine, 8, 23337214221101260
• Bucy, T, Smith, L, Carder, P, Winfree, J, Thomas, K. 2020. Variability in State Regulations Pertaining to Infection Control and Pandemic Response in US Assisted Living Communities.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21 (5), 701-702