Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Reports

Displaying 3351 - 3400 of 4255

TANF "Leavers" and Diversion Studies

TANF Leavers, Applicants, and Caseload Studies: Preliminary Analysis of Racial Differences in Caseload Trends and Leaver Outcomes By Elizabeth Lower-BaschOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Text Last Revised: December 2000

Cash and Counseling: Early Experiences in Arkansas

Topics
Disability
This brief is based on Mathematica's evaluation of Cash and Counseling, a three-state demonstration in which Medicaid enrollees eligible for personal assistance services and other paid help around the home and community get a monthly cash allowance to purchase these services and related goods, instead of obtaining them through a home care agency.

Cash and Counseling: Early Experiences in Arkansas

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Coordination of Care for Persons with Disabilities Enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care: A Conceptual Framework to Guide the Development of Measures

Shoshanna Sofaer,Dr.P.H., Barbara Kreling, and Martha Carmel, M.S.P.H. Baruch College School of Public Affairs

Report on Alternative Outcome Measures: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Administration for Children and Families (ACF) andAssistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

Markets at Risk— Current and Future Challenges in a Managed Care Marketplace

Robert E. Hurley, Ph.D.  Department of Health Administration Virginia Commonwealth University  Paper prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of DHHS.

Status of Research on the Outcomes of Welfare Reform, 2000

A Report to the Congressional Appropriations Committees Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services December 2000

Assessment of Approaches to Evaluating Telemedicine

Final Report Prepared for: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services Contract Number: HHS-10-97-0012 Prepared by: The Lewin Group, Inc.

Self-Sufficiency of Former Foster Youth in Wisconsin

Amy Dworsky and Mark E. Courtney Institute for Research on Poverty University of Wisconsin-Madison December 2000

Frequently Asked Questions About the National Standard Employer Identifier (EIN)

Why is a standard employer identifier needed for electronic health transactions?Employers, as sponsors of health insurance for their employees, often need to be identified in health care transactions, and a standard identifier for employers would be beneficial for transactions exchanged electronically.

Frequently Asked Questions About the National Provider Identifier (NPI)

What is the National Provider Identifier (NPI)?Today, health plans assign identification numbers to health care providers -- individuals, groups, or organizations that provide medical or other health services or supplies. The result is that providers who do business with multiple health plans have multiple identification numbers.

High Service or High Privacy Assisted Living Facilities, Their Residents and Staff: Results from a National Survey

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services High Service or High Privacy Assisted Living Facilities, Their Residents and Staff: Results from a National Survey

Differences Among Services and Policies in High Privacy or High Service Assisted Living Facilities

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Differences Among Services and Policies in High Privacy or High Service Assisted Living Facilities

High Service or High Privacy Assisted Living Facilities, Their Residents and Staff: Results from a National Survey

This report gives a description of the policies and practices, residents, and staff in the segment of the assisted living facility (ALF) industry that provides the highest level of services and privacy. It reports data on a nationally representative sample of residents and staff in ALFs classified as providing relatively high services or offering a high privacy environment.

Differences Among Services and Policies in High Privacy or High Service Assisted Living Facilities

The focus of this short analytic report differs in that it attempts to address, at least in an initial fashion, what types of assisted living facilities, among those in our sample, have characteristics that might be appealing to either consumers or policymakers focusing on consumers= needs.

A National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly: Final Summary Report

Catherine Hawes, Ph.D. and Charles D. Phillips, Ph.D., M.P.H. Texas A&M University System Health Science Center Miriam Rose, M.Ed. Myers Research Institute

Impact of Access Regulation on Health Insurance Market Structure

Recent studies of health insurance regulation all have concluded that state regulation of insurance issue, renewal and rating in general either reduces health insurance coverage or, on net, has no impact on coverage.

What Impact HIPAA?

What Impact HIPAA? State Regulation and Private Health Insurance Coverage among Adults by Deborah J. Chollet, Ph.D. Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Ph.D. Adele M. Kirk, M.A.

The Impact of Access Regulation on Health Insurance Market Structure

by Deborah J. Chollet, Ph.D. Mathematica Policy Research Adele M. Kirk, M.A. University of California at Los Angeles Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Ph.D. Michigan State University

What Impact HIPAA? State Regulation and Private Health Insurance Coverage Among Adults.

by Deborah J. Chollet, Ph.D. Mathematica Policy Research Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Ph.D. Michigan State University and

Health Insurance Reform: Standards for Electronic Transactions

[Federal Register: August 17, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 160)] [Final Rule] [Page 50312-50372] [DOCID:fr17au00R] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 and 162

Understanding Medicaid Home and Community Services: A Primer

Gary Smith, Janet O'Keeffe, Letty Carpenter, Pamela Doty, Gavin Kennedy, Brian Burwell, Robert Mollica and Loretta Williams George Washington University, Center for Health Policy Research This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-97-0015 between the U.S.

Second Chance Homes: Providing Services for Teenage Parents and Their Children

Second Chance Homes: Providing Services for Teenage Parents and Their Children U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation October 2000

Cash and Counseling: Consumer's Early Experiences in Arkansas

Topics
Disability
This paper describes the experiences of 194 early clients in the Arkansas Cash and Counseling Demonstration, IndependentChoices. The description is based on the clients' responses to a telephone survey conducted about nine months after they applied to enter the program and were randomly assigned to the demonstration's treatment group to receive a monthly cash allowance.

Second Chance Homes: Brochure

Second Chance Homes U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Understanding Medicaid Home and Community Services: A Primer

This Primer is designed to encourage use of the Medicaid program in a manner that minimizes reliance on institutions and maximizes community integration in a cost-effective manner.

Consumer Protection in Private Insurance: State Implementation and Enforcement Experience

CONSUMER PROTECTION IN PRIVATE INSURANCE: STATE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE A Report for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Health and Human Services Contract No. HHS 100-97-0005 By: Stephanie Lewis, J.D., M.H.S.A. Karen Pollitz, M.P.P.

Cash and Counseling: Consumer's Early Experiences in Arkansas

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001

This is a historical document - the current HHS Strategic Plan is available at http://aspe.hhs.gov/hhsplan/

State Laws

Alabama A. Statutory Rape - Criminal OffensesAn individual is deemed incapable of consent if he or she is less than 16 years of age,[38] with the following exceptions:

Frequently Asked Questions About Code Set Standards Adopted Under HIPAA

What is a code set?Under HIPAA, a "code set" is any set of codes used for encoding data elements, such as tables of terms, medical concepts, medical diagnosis codes, or medical procedure codes.

Health Care Conditions, Utilization, and Expenditures of Children in Foster Care

Contents Data and Methods Results Policy Implications Areas for Future Research Limitations of This Study Conclusion Children in foster care are of special interest to po

Frequently Asked Questions About Electronic Transaction Standards Adopted Under HIPAA

Why have national standards for electronic health care transactions been adopted and why are they required?Congress and the health care industry have agreed that standards for the electronic exchange of administrative and financial health care transactions are needed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system.

Medicare, Accountability, and Structural Reform

Members of Congress and others have expressed frustration over the slow progress of the Medicare + Choice program, which makes managed care options available to senior citizens. In particular, critics have been disappointed by the low penetration rate for Medicare managed care.

Medicare, Accountability, and Structural Reform

Medicare, Accountability, and Structural Reform Full Report [ Main Page of Report | Contents of Report ]

Supportive Health Services Needs of Children with Disabilities

Topics
Disability
To sharpen the focus on the differential need of children with disabilities, this paper focuses on a subset of health-related services that are used almost exclusively by children with disabilities--supportive services. The basic finding is that policies focused on low-income children will reach the majority of children with disabilities who have unmet supportive service needs.

The Diversity of Welfare Leavers

Women who have left TANF in three cities--Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio--have an average employment rate of 63% after leaving, a rate similar to figures found in studies of welfare leavers in many other states. But this average obscures a large amount of variation across different groups of women, some of whom have done much better than this and some of whom have done much worse.

Page 68 of 86.