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Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers Engaged

Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers Engaged in Health Information Exchange: Final Report

Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers Engaged in Health Information Exchange: Final Report Executive Summary Colene Byrne, Ph.D. Westat Michelle Dougherty, MA, RHIA AHIMA Foundation October 29, 2013
EHR Payment Incentives for Providers Ineligible

EHR Payment Incentives for Providers Ineligible for Payment Incentives and Other Funding Study

Michelle Dougherty and Margaret Williams AHIMA Foundation Michael Millenson Health Quality Advisors LLC Jennie Harvell U.S. Department of Health and Human Services June 2013  
Report to Congress: Aging Services Technology

Report to Congress: Aging Services Technology Study

Analysis of Supply, Distribution, Demand, and

Analysis of Supply, Distribution, Demand, and Access Issues Associated with Immune Globulin Intravenous (IGIV)

Contents IGIV Supply and Distribution - Key Findings IGIV Demand - Key Fundings IGIV Access Problems- Key Fundings
Issues in the Design and Implementation of Drug

Issues in the Design and Implementation of Drug Formularies and Therapeutic Classes

As part of the Medicare Part D pharmacy benefit scheduled for implementation in 2006 by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA), beneficiaries will have a choice of private plans administering the benefit.? Although plans are required to provide access to needed drugs, the law does not require plans to provide equa
Prescription Drug Coverage, Spending, Utilization

Prescription Drug Coverage, Spending, Utilization, and Prices

Prescription drugs play an ever-increasing role in modern medicine. New medications are improving health outcomes and quality of life, replacing surgery and other invasive treatments, and quickening recovery for patients who receive these treatments. As important as prescription drugs are, not everyone has access to them. The newest drugs are ofte
Consumer Protection in Private Health Insurance:

Consumer Protection in Private Health Insurance: The Role of Consumer Complaints

Research Objectives
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Report to Congress: Aging Services Technology

Report to Congress: Aging Services Technology Study

Report to Congress: Aging Services Technology Study June 2012
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Improving Data for Decision Making: HHS Data

Improving Data for Decision Making: HHS Data Collection Strategies for a Transformed Health System

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Contents Introduction and Background Data Needs and Priorities Research and Development to Improve HHS Data Collection Systems Web Panels and Web Surveys Timeliness of HHS Data Systems Access to HHS Data Non-Traditional Data Sources
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Subacute Care: Review of the Literature

Subacute Care: Review of the Literature

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Case Studies of Electronic Health Records in Post

Case Studies of Electronic Health Records in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Case Studies of Electronic Health Records in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Andrew Kramer, MD, Rachael Bennett, MA, Ronald Fish, MBA, C.T. Lin, MD, Natasha Floersch, BA, Karin Conway, RN, MBA, Eric Coleman, MD, MPHUniversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center Jennie Harvell, MEdU.S. Department of
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The Exceptional Needs Care Coordinator in the

The Exceptional Needs Care Coordinator in the Oregon Health Plan

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Exception Needs Care Coordinator in the Oregon Health Plan Edith G. Walsh, Ph.D., Gregory Todd French, M.P.P., and Fred Bentley, B.A. Health Economics Research, Inc. February 7, 2000 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2000/excpneed.pdf (42 PDF pages)
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Evaluation of the District of Columbia's

Evaluation of the District of Columbia's Demonstration Program,Managed Care System for Special Needs Children: Final Report

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Evaluation of the District of Columbia's Demonstration Program, "Managed Care System for Disabled and Special Needs Children": Final Report
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Appendix E – Review of National Datasets and Data

Understanding Disparities in Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Research Approaches and Datasets. Appendix E – Review of National Datasets and Data Systems: Summary Tables

Disclaimer: The information contained in this appendix was compiled by Abt Associates Inc. under contract #HHSP2333700IT to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in September 2013. Abt and ASPE are not liable for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this document, as the specifications of each data sy
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3.1. Case Worker Training and Specialization

Establishing Eligibility for SSI for Chronically Homeless People. 3.1. Case Worker Training and Specialization

Staff of homeless assistance agencies who work with chronically homeless people are often expected to help them apply for SSI. Without special training, such staff may be only slightly more successful than homeless people themselves in completing an application that SSA will approve on initial submission. Case workers need to know precisely wha
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Establishing Eligibility for SSI for Chronically

Establishing Eligibility for SSI for Chronically Homeless People

This Issue Paper describes innovative approaches to establishing SSI eligibility. [33 PDF pages]
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6.2. Service Structures and Agencies Uniquely

Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three Groups of People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness. 6.2. Service Structures and Agencies Uniquely Focused on People in Group 3

Frequent reference has been made throughout this paper to “specialized mental health services.” These may include a variety of service structures that serve or focus on chronically homeless people with SMI, including assertive community treatment (ACT) teams, structures in which a mental health agency is in the lead, and structures that integrat
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3.3. Some Supportive Housing Models Serve All

Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three Groups of People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness. 3.3. Some Supportive Housing Models Serve All Three Groups of People

In many communities, some PSH serves all three groups of chronically homeless people--whether or not people are eligible for or enrolled in Medicaid, and whether or not people have a SMI that makes them eligible to receive specialized mental health services. Before we describe the types of housing and services most often available to members of ea
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1.2. Supportive Service Components

Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three Groups of People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness. 1.2. Supportive Service Components

Supportive services are required during all phases of the person’s engagement with PSH. The types of services vary, and are described below. 1.2.1. From First Contact to Moving Into P ermanent Supportive Housing The supportive services that bring people into PSH have three elements that are conceptually distinct but often happen concurren
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Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three

Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three Groups of People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness

This Issue Paper describes three subgroups of the people experiencing chronic homelessness, and the services and housing configurations currently supporting them.
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