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Survey Data Collection Design and Procedures

Survey Data Collection Design and Procedures

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
An Exploratory Study of Barriers and Incentives

An Exploratory Study of Barriers and Incentives to Improving Labor Force Participation Among Persons with Significant Disabilities: Final Report

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Toward a National Health Information

Toward a National Health Information Infrastructure: A Key Strategy for Improving Quality in Long-Term Care

Marcelline R. Harris, RN, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic Christopher G. Chute, MD, Dr.P.H., Mayo Clinic Jennie Harvell, M.Ed., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Alan White, Ph.D., Abt Associates Terry Moore, Abt Associates
Exploratory Study of Health Care Coverage and

Exploratory Study of Health Care Coverage and Employment of People with Disabilities: Literature Review

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Exploratory Study of Health Care Coverage and

Exploratory Study of Health Care Coverage and Employment of People with Disabilities: Final Report

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Children with Severe Chronic Conditions on

Children with Severe Chronic Conditions on Medicaid

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Appendix D - Data Challenges and Responses

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Appendix D - Data Challenges and Responses

OVERVIEW
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Impact of State Regulation

The Regulation of the Individual Health Insurance Market. Impact of State Regulation

States, in their actions, can and do make very different decisions about how to regulate the individual health insurance market.  These actions reflect different values, political climates, and expectations.  They also are designed to achieve specific policy goals, such as expanding access, with most states having considered laws and/or regulati
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Attachment J-1. Eastern Maine Health System

Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers Engaged in Health Information Exchange: Final Report. Attachment J-1. Eastern Maine Health System Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Quality Measures

Description of ACO Measures: Excerpts and Table from CMS "Accountable Care Organization 2013 Program Analysis--Quality Performance Standards Narrative Measure Specifications" Report
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Appendix C. Massachusetts State Profile

Improving the Coordination of Services for Adults with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Profiles of Four State Medicaid Initiatives. Appendix C. Massachusetts State Profile

This state profile also available at: http://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/improving-coordination-services-adults-mental-health-and-substance-use-disorders-massachusetts-state-profile A. Program Description Overview
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References

Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. References

Ai, C., & Norton, E. C. (2003). Interaction Terms in Logit and Probit Models. Economic Letters (80): 123-129. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. (1993). Depression in primary care: volume 2. Treatment of major depression . Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. (
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History of Mental Health Benefits and Parity

Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. History of Mental Health Benefits and Parity Experiences in the Federal Government

Federal Legislative Trends Affecting Parity in Mental Health Insurance Coverage Although Federal legislative initiatives on parity in mental health insurance coverage dates from the 1960s, the 1996 Mental Health Parity Act represents the first Federal parity legislation. Implemented in 1998, this legislation focused on only one aspect of the dif
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I. Background to the Policy of Parity

Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. I. Background to the Policy of Parity

In a speech in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 29, 2002, announcing the creation of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, President George W. Bush reiterated the importance of mental health parity. President Bush said, “Americans with mental illness…deserve a health care system that treats their illness with the same urg
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Background

Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. Background

President Bush has often pointed to the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program as a model for health insurance. The FEHB Program is the largest employer-sponsored health insurance program in the Nation, serving more than 8 million Federal employees, their dependents, and retirees. The U. S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administer
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Outreach

Toward Understanding Homelessness: The 2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research. Accountability, Cost-Effectiveness, and Program Performance: Progress Since 1998.. Outreach

Very little has been published about outreach programs in general, so the literature on costs and cost-effectiveness is consequently slim. An experimental study in New York (Shern et al., 2000) evaluated an outreach program for people living on the streets that included engagement, low-demand shelter/drop-in services, respite housing, and communit
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Toward Understanding Homelessness: The 2007

Toward Understanding Homelessness: The 2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research. Accountability, Cost-Effectiveness, and Program Performance: Progress Since 1998.

The authors summarize the progress made in the past decade toward making homeless assistance programs more accountable to funders, consumers, and the public. They observe that research on the costs of homelessness and cost offsets associated with intervention programs has been limited to people who are homeless with severe mental illness. But this
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Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to

Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to Reduce Physical Strain among Family Caregivers of the Chronically Disabled Elderly Living at Home

The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly

The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly Assisted Housing for Low-Income Older Adults with Enhanced Services: A Literature Syntheses and Environmental Scan

Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees

Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report

In January 2001, the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, the largest employer-sponsored health insurance program in the Nation, instituted a mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) parity policy in compliance with an earlier Presidential directive. This policy mandated that MH/SA services would be covered to the same extent as gene
Health Care in Transition:

Health Care in Transition: Technology Assessment in the Private Sector

Health Care in Transition: Technology Assessment in the Private Sector Prepared by: Richard Rettig of the RAND Corporation Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. July, 1996.

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