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Tables 1A and 1B support the hypothesis that net income and the amount of monthly disregards are correlated. Table 1A uses Arizona state data to show the distribution of average monthly disregards by income levels for Arizona parents who are in the expanded eligibility category permitted by Section 1931 of the Social Security Act. 19 Note that th

This section of the paper summarizes the Department’s analysis of the potential methods to reflect varying state disregards, and the reasons for its selection of the Standardized MAGI Conversion Methodology.  The Disregard Methods convert a state’s current Medicaid net income standard to an equivalent standard that accounts for disregards. 

The Department evaluated a number of potential conversion methodologies.  To inform this evaluation, it consulted with states, solicited public comments through a request for information (“Solicitation”) in June 2012, and worked with 10 pilot states to test the feasibility of potential conversion methodologies, including analyzing the impacts

As discussed above, an estimated 15.4% of the population was uninsured, and this rate was significantly lower than the 2011 estimate of 15.7% uninsured.  The stabilization of employer-sponsored coverage and the growth in Medicare coverage both contributed to this result.

Because of the previously mentioned limitations with using data from a single organization’s EHR for research, the ability to combine EHR data with other electronic data sources is often needed to strengthen study results, particularly for small populations. Combining EHR data across institutions can allow for a larger sample size to increase th

EHR and other electronic health data are increasingly utilized for quality measurement and improvement, but until recently, the potential benefit of EHRs for research has not received much attention outside a few innovative, early adopting health care organizations. However, the use of EHRs for quality improvement has provided a foundation for ext

Recognizing the health needs of and health-related differences among, Asian-American subpopulations, various researchers, policy makers, and advocates of Asian Americans have called for more consistent and standardized collection of data on Asian subpopulations. The challenges faced getting adequate data to study the health and health care of Asia

The Institute of Medicine sees EHRs as an essential part of a “learning health care system,” and many believe they are critical for the success of medical homes, accountable care organizations, and other provider payment and delivery system reforms resulting from the Affordable Care Act. The use of EHR data for research depends first of all on

As noted in Chapter I, this 2001 report uses data from the Annual March Demographic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS) to construct updated measures of some of the indicators that were based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) in prior year reports.  Specifically, the overall summary indicator of depe

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S.

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was established by the Social Security Act of 1935 as a grant program to enable states to provide cash welfare payments for needy children who had been deprived of parental support or care because their father or mother is absent from the home, incapacitated, deceased, or unemployed.  All 50 states,

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 specifies that the annual welfare indicators reports shall include analyses of families and individuals receiving assistance under three means-tested benefit programs: the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program authorized under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (replaced with the Tempo

Figure IND 3a. Percentage of the Total Population Receiving AFDC/TANF, by Age: 1970-1999

Following the format of the previous annual reports to Congress, Chapter II presents summary data related to indicators of dependence.  These indicators differ from other welfare statistics because of their emphasis on welfare dependence, rather than simple welfare receipt.  As discussed in Chapter I , the Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators s

This 2001 report relies more heavily than past reports on data from the Annual March Demographic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS).  Several of the indicators and predictors of dependence are now based on CPS data rather than data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).  This change was necessary because the C

As suggested by its title, this report focuses on welfare “dependency” as well as welfare “recipiency.”  While recipiency can be defined fairly easily, based on the presence of benefits from AFDC/TANF, SSI or food stamps, dependency is a more complex concept.

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence.  This 2001 Indicators of Welfare Dependence , the fourth annual report, is the first report to provide welfare dependency indicators for the 1996-1998 period, reflecting

It is of critical importance to understand the policy and program context that may surround changes in welfare dependence over time. As noted throughout this report, between-state, within-state and across-time variations are already happening as a result of the PRWORA provisions and are anticipated to become more diverse. Changes are expected in e

Although the abundance of program options presents a challenge to any data collection system, it is clear that the collection and reporting of state data on the nature and amount of assistance provided to eligible families under TANF will be much more valuable and descriptive of welfare receipt than national survey data alone 2 . The administrativ

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 declared that its purpose was "to provide the public with generally accepted measures of welfare receipt so that it can track such receipt over time and determine whether progress is being made in reducing the rate at which and, to the extent feasible, the degree to which, families depend on income from welfare p