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A Report on the Actuarial, Marketing, and Legal Analyses of the CLASS Program
The report contains the results of actuarial and policy analyses of the CLASS Act and the legal analysis of various benefit plan options. This report contains important findings that will help advance the cause of charting a path to affordable and sustainable long-term care options. [48 PDF pages]
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Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report
This is the final report of a project that assesses the need for developing and fielding another national disability survey data collection effort. It presents the findings from three principal project activities designed to assess whether existing data are sufficient to answer key disability-related research questions identified by the staffs of
NatlDS.pdf
Design of a Demonstration of Coordinated Housing, Health and Long-Term Care Services and Supports for Low-Income Older Adults
This conceptual framework examines the possible ways that housing sites can link health and long-term services and supports, and potential ways that HUD and HHS could design a demonstration of such a model. [31 PDF pages]
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Understanding Medicaid Home and Community Services: A Primer, 2010 Edition
ASPE is releasing a 2010 update of "Understanding Medicaid Home and Community Services, A Primer". This is an update of the well-received document ASPE released in 2000 to address conflicting understanding and interpretation of Medicaid home and community-based services options. The 2000 "Primer," as it has come to be called, has served as a def
primer10.pdf
Behavioral Health Providers: Expenditures, Methods and Sources of Payment, Electronic Health Record Incentive Payments for Certain Behavioral Health Providers Policy Descriptions
This report is intended to describe sources of payment for behavioral health providers and types of payments (methods, units, adjustments and updates) made to inpatient, outpatient, independent practitioners, and other providers of behavioral health services. A significant focus of this report describes these same factors in terms of Medicare and
behhp.pdf
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Congressional Report on the Feasibility of Establishing a Uniform National Database on Elder Abuse
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Congressional Report on the Feasibility of Establishing a Uniform National Database on Elder Abuse
March 2010
PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2010/elderCR.pdf (62 PDF pages)
elderCR.pdf
Congressional Report on the Feasibility of Establishing a Uniform National Database on Elder Abuse
In 2006, as part of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, Congress directed the Secretary of HHS to conduct a study, in consultation with the Attorney General, assessing current elder abuse data collection systems and examining the feasibility of establishing a uniform national elder abuse database to improve the quality and accessibility of
elderCR.pdf
Federal Register, Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 42 CFR Parts 412, et al.
This is the HTML recreation of Federal Register , Volume 75, Number 8 (January 13, 2010). The HTML and PDF versions of this publication can also be found at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/E9-31217.htm (for HTML version) and http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/E9-31217.pdf (for PDF version).
State Long-Term Care Partnership Insurer Reporting Requirements
This paper outlines the specific data elements that long-term care insurance participating in a State Partnership for Long-Term Care must provide to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This system of records is required by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. Federal regulations supporting these data requirements were published in the
PartRepReq.pdf
Nursing Home Ownership Trends and Their Impact on Quality of Care
Seeking greater understanding of the ownership structures of nursing homes, ASPE contracted with Harvard Medical School to study the trends in organizational structures of nursing homes and their impact on quality of care. This current work builds on previous research funded by ASPE. Specifically, ASPE funded a study of nursing home liability issu
TXNHown.pdf
Understanding the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology in Nursing Homes and Home Health Agencies: Case Study Findings
This study adds to the growing body of literature through case studies reporting benefits and costs/burdens in eight sites with advanced health information technology (HIT) systems. While all eight of the case study sites noted that they would "never go back" to paper-based systems for administration and clinical service delivery, no site had con
HITcsf.pdf
Analysis of Risk Communication Strategies and Approaches with At-Risk Populations to Enhance Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Final Report
In this report, the authors present the results of an assessment that involved review of the literature on emergency preparedness risk communication and public health messaging strategies; the compilation of educational and outreach materials for emergency preparedness communication with vulnerable populations; and site visits in three states and
emergfr.pdf
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Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Report to Congress
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Report to Congress
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
August 2008
PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2008/ADCongRpt.pdf (302 PDF pages)
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Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning: Report to Congress
This report summarizes findings from a multidimensional effort. It reflects the perspectives of experts in end-of-life care, advance directives and advance care planning, individuals with disabilities and other nationwide stakeholders. Advance care planning and the use of advance directives provide mechanisms for ensuring individual autonomy at th
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Long-Term Care-Nursing Homes EHR-Systems Functional Profile: Release 1
This is Release 1 of the Long Term Care-Nursing Home (LTC-NH) Electronic Health Record System (EHR-S) Functional Profile. Based on, and conformant with, the HL7 EHR-S Functional Model (FM) Release 1, February 2007, this document represents the culmination of one year of extensive work by private and public industry representatives and other stakeh
LNEHRSFP1.pdf
LNEHRSFP1-dcf.pdf
LNEHRSFP1-sf.pdf
LNEHRSFP1-iif.pdf
LNEHRSFP1-A.pdf
Examining the Relationships between Excess Body Weight, Health and Disability
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Examining the Relationships between Excess Body Weight, Health and Disability
Timothy Waidmann, The Urban InstituteVicki Freedman, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New JerseyChristine Himes, Syracuse UniversitySaad Ahmad, The Urban Institute
May 2008
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Examining the Relationships between Excess Body Weight, Health and Disability
The recent rise in the prevalence of obesity and overweight in the overall U.S. population has raised many concerns about the future. In addition to concerns about the medical costs of treating obesity-related illness, an apparent correlation between obesity and disability has led to concern that the recent declines in rates of disability among th
weight.pdf
Changes in Coverage in the Individual and Group Health Insurance Markets and the Effect of Health Status
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Changes in Coverage in the Individual and Group Health Insurance Markets and the Effect of Health Status
Bradley Herring, Ph.D.Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Xue Song, Ph.D.Thomson Medstat
Mark Pauly, Ph.D.University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
April 2008
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