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Study of the Impact of Monitoring the Health Outcomes for Disabled
This study examines the impact of changes in Medicare home health policy mandated by the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 on satisfaction with care for disabled Medicare beneficiaries. The BBA mandated major changes in home health payment requiring the implementation of a Prospective Payment System (PPS) and an Interim Payment System (IPS) prior
hlthout.pdf
A Profile of Medicaid Institutional and Community-Based Long-Term Care Service Use and Expenditures Among the Aged and Disabled Using MAX 2002
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
A Profile of Medicaid Institutional and Community-Based Long-Term Care Service Use and Expenditures Among the Aged and Disabled Using MAX 2002: Final Report
Audra T. Wenzlow, Robert Schmitz and Kathy Shepperson
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
January 18, 2008
PDF Version (74 PD
profileMAX.pdf
1996 Green Book
1996 Green Book BACKGROUND MATERIAL AND DATA ON PROGRAMS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
104th Congress WMCP:
COMMITTEE PRINT
2d Session 104-14
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COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
U.S.
Working Papers on Long-Term Care
These Papers describe the current state of knowledge about long-term care in the U.S., and serve as a knowledge base for the difficult analytic tasks that lie ahead. They are based on the work of HHS's Task Force on Long-Term Care up to January 1981 and contain data that have not been available before. Five Papers make up this document: (1) an ove
wrkppres.pdf
Long-Term Care Service Supply: Levels and Behavior
In this paper, the authors attempt to describe the current supply of institutional long-term care and to discuss the developments in the last 20 years that have affected that supply. The have not attempted to model quantitatively the growth of institutional care or its variation across areas. Earlier attempts to do so indicated the processes deter
aeltcd5.pdf
Use of Functional Criteria in Allocating Long-Term Care Benefits: What Are the Policy Implications?
This paper discusses the policy implications of allocating long-term care benefits to the elderly on the basis of objective functional criteria, particularly functioning in the activities of daily living (ADLs). Although research has documented the link between measures of ADL performance and the need for services, developing a long-term care prog
functnes.pdf
State Wage Pass-Through Legislation: An Analysis
Twenty-one states have implemented "wage pass-through" programs with the stated expectation that doing so will help address the shortage of direct care workers employed by long-term care providers in their states. A wage pass-through is an additional allocation of funds provided through Medicaid reimbursement for the express purpose of increasing
wagepass.pdf
Long-Term Care and Disability Research: 1986-1989
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ResBook89.pdf
Evaluation Design of the Business Case of Health Information Technology in Long-Term Care: Final Report
The purpose of this project was to help design a study to assess the business case for health information technology in post-acute care (PAC) and long-term care (LTC) settings. This effort is to inform providers, payors, policymakers and others regarding the costs and benefits (financial and non-financial) of health information technology in the
BCfinal.pdf
Analysis of the Benefits and Costs of Channeling
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Analysis of the Benefits and Costs of Channeling
Craig Thornton and Shari Miller Dunstan
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
December 1985Revised May 1986
PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/1986/cost.pdf (142 PDF pages)
cost.pdf
1994 Green Book
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS
SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida, Acting Chairman
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Janice Mays, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
Deborah G. Colton, Deputy Staff Director
Franklin C. Phifer, Jr., Counsel to the Acting Chairman
Brookings/ICF Long-Term Care Financing Model: Model Assumptions
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Brookings/ICF Long Term Care Financing Model: Model Assumptions
David L. Kennell and Lisa Maria B. Alecxih, Lewin-ICF
Joshua M. Wiener and Raymond J. Hanley, Brookings Institution
February 1992
PDF Version (75 PDF pages)
modampes.pdf
Barriers to Implementing Technology in Residential Long-Term Care Settings
Technology plays a vital role in the lives of older individuals. This report: (1) describes a range of existing and emerging technological solutions for select care issues salient to residential care settings; (2) identifies, based on a review of the literature and discussions with experts in the field, barriers to the successful implementation of
techbarr.pdf
Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers Engaged in Health Information Exchange: Final Report
Use of electronic health information exchange (HIE) with and by long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers lags behind that of physicians and hospitals. However, a few grant programs have supported HIE with LTPAC providers. In addition, Medicare payment changes (i.e., hospital readmission payment penalties and physician payment for transition
HIEengage.pdf
HIEengageA.pdf
HIEengageB.pdf
HIEengageC.pdf
HIEengageD.pdf
HIEengageE.pdf
HIEengageF.pdf
HIEengageG.pdf
HIEengageH.pdf
HIEengageI.pdf
HIEengageJ.pdf
HIEengageK.pdf
HIEengageL.pdf
HIEengageM.pdf
Initial Research Design of the National Long Term Care Demonstration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
designes.pdf
Federal public data
This document highlights publically available data sources that could be used in the development of Physician-focused Payment Model (PFFM) proposals.
publicData.pdf
Tables Comparing Channeling to Other Community Care Demonstrations
Over the past decade and a half, a series of demonstrations prior to the National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration have been fielded to test some form of case managed, community-based long-term care. Fourteen community care demonstrations funded through Federal Government waivers and similar to Channeling were identified. This report presen
tablees.pdf
Report to Congress: Social Risk Factors and Performance Under Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs
This report, mandated by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 or the IMPACT Act (P.L. 113-185), requires the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), to conduct research on issues related to socioeconomic status (SES) in Medicare’s value-based payment programs. The term so
ASPESESRTCfull.pdf
RTCAppendices.pdf
