Reports

Thirteenth Report to Congress U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF By: Alana Landey, Yuliya Rzad Abstract This research brief presents findings from an intramural study of six selected states’ approaches to funding energy assistance for low-income residents from federal, state and private sources.

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare an annual report to Congress on indicators of welfare dependence. The Indicators of Welfare Dependence report is prepared by ASPE’s Office of Human Services Policy.

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), a program operated by the Social Security Administration, insures workers and their families against the inability to work because of a disability. As such, it provides a vital safety net for millions of Americans. However, conflicting statistics and

The 2015 President’s Budget proposes major new investments to build the health care workforce and improve the delivery of health care services, particularly primary care services, across the nation.

To better understand provider experiences serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) runaway and homeless youth, this study reports on case studies of four local agencies receiving grants from the Administration for Children and Family’s Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program.

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ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Children’s Health Coverage on the 5th Anniversary of CHIPRA February 2014 By: Kenneth Finegold and Sophia Koontz Abstract

This study examined models of integration and coordination of housing assistance services and HIV care. The final report describes findings from a quantitative analysis of national HIV housing assistance data, and highlights from case studies conducted at four Integrated HIV/AIDS Housing Plan (IHHP) projects funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

By: Mathematica Policy Research and The Cloudburst Group   Abstract

This study aimed to describe and characterize the published literature on disparities between racial and ethnic groups among individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Arkadipta Ghosh, Cara Orfield and Robert Schmitz Mathematica Policy Research January 2014  

This report describes the different strategies that four states--Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont--are utilizing to improve the integration and coordination of care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

This report compares the risk of nursing home entry, hospitalization rates, and Medicaid long-term care costs, among people with disabilities who faced widely-varying waiting times (ranging from 3 to 25 months), depending on when they applied for home and community-based services (HCBS) though Iowa Medicaid 1915(c) waivers.

In this report, we assessed the feasibility of using existing claims-based algorithms to identify community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries with disability based solely on the conditions for which they are being treated and to improve the algorithms by combining them in predictive models. [39 PDF pages]

Donna Rabiner, PhD, Janet O'Keeffe, PhD, and David Brown, MA RTI International

Executive Summary January 2014  

This report describes the early implementation successes and challenges of the Behavioral Health Home Plus program in two county behavioral health agencies in rural Pennsylvania. With support from a behavioral health managed care organization, this program sought to improve the delivery of

Executive Summary January 2014  

Jelena Zurovac, Randy Brown, Bob Schmitz and Richard Chapman Mathematica Policy Research January 2014  

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Stapleton Mathematica Policy Research    

Arkadipta Ghosh, Robert Schmitz and Randall Brown Mathematica Policy Research  

Kate Stewart, Dana Petersen, Joe Zickafoose, Beny Wu, Mynti Hossain, Lisa Schottenfeld, Caroline Massad Francis, Randall Brown and Henry Ireys Mathematica Policy Research  

Dana Petersen, Joseph Zickafoose, Mynti Hossain and Henry Ireys Mathematica Policy Research

Dana Petersen, Lisa Schottenfeld, Caroline Massad Francis, Henry Ireys and Joseph Zickafoose Mathematica Policy Research

Identifying Medicare Beneficiaries with Disabilities: Improving on Claims-Based Algorithms

January 2014

Effectiveness of Alternative Ways of Implementing Care Management Components in Medicare D-SNPs: The Brand New Day Study

January 2014

   

Descriptive Study of Three Disability Competent Managed Care Plans for Medicaid Enrollees

Little information exists on how to design various components of care coordination interventions for complex patients to reduce patients’ needs for hospitalizations or emergency room use. Efficient orthogonal design--a methodology widely used in manufacturing and marketing, but rarely used in

Little information exists on how to design various components of care coordination interventions for complex patients to reduce patients’ needs for hospitalizations or emergency room use. Efficient orthogonal design--a methodology widely used in manufacturing and marketing, but rarely used in

This study focuses on understanding the rates and patterns of enrollment in Medicaid among individuals already enrolled in Medicare, the factors that predict this transition to dual coverage, and those that predict nursing home entry. This volume of this report is a descriptive examination of the

This study focuses on understanding the rates and patterns of enrollment in Medicaid among individuals already enrolled in Medicare, the factors that predict this transition to dual coverage, and those that predict nursing home entry. This volume provides estimated econometric models that

The Non-Elderly Disabled Category 2 (NED2) Housing Choice Voucher Program, a joint effort between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, aimed to increase access to affordable housing for non-elderly people (age 62 and

This report describes the different strategies that four states--Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont--are utilizing to improve the integration and coordination of care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. These strategies include introducing new managed care