Publications

An Investigation of Interstate Variation in Medicaid Long-Term Care Use and Expenditures Across 40 States in 2006. References

Alecxih, Lisa. "Nursing Home Use by the Oldest Old' Sharply Declines." Report to the National Press Club, Lewin: November 21, 2006. Retrieved from http://www.lewin.com/content/publications/NursingHomeUseTrendsPaperRev.pdf on July 7, 2010.

An Investigation of Interstate Variation in Medicaid Long-Term Care Use and Expenditures Across 40 States in 2006

State long-term care (LTC) financing and delivery systems and, in particular, Medicaid funded LTC have long been criticized for being “institutionally biased.” Shifting the balance in publicly-funded long-term care provision away from institutional care (nursing homes, long-term hospitals, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually di

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Medicaid-Financed Institutional Services: Characteristics of Nursing Home and ICF/IID Residents and Their Patterns of Care. References

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. "Medicare Coverage of Skilled Nursing Facility Care." Baltimore, MD: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2007. Retrieved from http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/10153.pdf on January 4, 2011.

Strategies for Integrating and Coordinating Care for Behavioral Health Populations: Case Studies of Four States. References

Boyd, C., B. Leff, C. Weiss, J. Wolff, A. Hamblin, and L. Martin. "Clarifying Multimorbidity Patterns to Improve Targeting and Delivery of Clinical Services for Medicaid Populations." Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. December 2010. Available at http://www.chcs.org/publications3960/publications_show.htm?doc_id=1261201 . Accessed June 20, 20

Strategies for Integrating and Coordinating Care for Behavioral Health Populations: Case Studies of Four States

This report describes the different strategies that four states--Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont--are utilizing to improve the integration and coordination of care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. These strategies include introducing new managed care arrangements and care coordination mechanisms, enh

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Factors Predicting Transitions from Medicare-Only to Medicare-Medicaid Enrollee Status. References

Bharucha, A., R. Pandav, C. Shen, H.H. Dodge, and M. Ganguli. "Predictors of Nursing Facility Admission: A 12-Year Epidemiological Study in the United States." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society , 52(3): 434-439, March 2004.

Factors Predicting Transitions from Medicare-Only to Medicare-Medicaid Enrollee Status

This study focuses on understanding the rates and patterns of enrollment in Medicaid among individuals already enrolled in Medicare, the factors that predict this transition to dual coverage, and those that predict nursing home entry. This volume provides estimated econometric models that predict beneficiaries’ enrollment in Medicaid, and thei

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease: A Literature Review. References

Alzheimer's Association. (2011). "2010 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures." Retrieved May 11, 2012, from http://www.alz.org/documents_custom/report_alzfactsfigures2010.pdf . Alzheimer's Association. (2012). "2011 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures." Retrieved May 11, 2012, from http://www.alz.org/downloads/facts_figures_2011.pdf .

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities. References

Adler, D., T. McLaughlin, W. Rogers, H. Chang, L. Lapitsky, & D. Lerner. "Job Deficits Due to Depression." American Journal of Psychiatry , 2006, pp.1569-1576. Altarum Institute. "Analysis of Affordable Care Act in Relation to the Employment of Persons with Disabilities."Ann Arbor, MI: Altarum Institute, 2010a.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Understanding the High Prevalence of Low-Prevalence Chronic Disease Combinations: Databases and Methods for Research. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Grouper Systems

Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) References:

Understanding the High Prevalence of Low-Prevalence Chronic Disease Combinations: Databases and Methods for Research. 9. References

Abt Associates Inc. (2013). Unpublished Analysis of 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Data, Cambridge, MA. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Multiple Chronic Conditions. Available at http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/mcc/ . Accessed 2013.

Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From the Field. Notes

PSH is a phenomenon of the 1990s and 2000s, when homelessness assistance systems evolved and their goals shifted and changed. PSH beds available to end people's homelessness went from about zero in the late 1980s to estimates of 114,000 beds in fall 1996 (Burt et al. 1999), about 188,000 beds in January 2007, and 284,298 beds in January 2013 (H

Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From the Field. References

Burt, M.R. 2008. "Evolution of PSH in Taking Health Care Home, 2004-2007: Tenants, Programs, Policies, and Funding at Project End." Oakland, CA: Corporation for Supportive Housing. Burt, M.R. and C. Wilkins. 2012a. "Health, Housing, and Service Supports for Three Groups of Chronically Homeless People." Washington, DC: HHS/ASPE. Available at htt

Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From the Field. 7.4. Together4Health

T4H is an example of an Accountable Care Organization-like entity under development.

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Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From the Field. 6.6. Managed Care in a Behavioral Health Carve-Out--Louisiana's Behavioral Health Partnership

Louisiana has undertaken a multiyear, comprehensive redesign of its public behavioral health system for children and adults. The redesign has required numerous waivers and state plan amendments, some of which are still to come. Completion of the redesign's components is not expected until 2015 or 2016. Known as the Louisiana Behavioral Health Part

A Primer on Using Medicaid for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness and Tenants in Permanent Supportive Housing. Notes

Understanding the High Prevalence of Low-Prevalence Chronic Disease Combinations: Databases and Methods for Research. Prevalent Combinations of MCC

In the United States, much of the research on multiple chronic conditions focuses on highly prevalent conditions ( e.g., obesity, hypertension, and diabetes) because they affect a large number of individuals, may be successfully managed or controlled, and they are included in major national surveys and other data collection efforts.

Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. References

Bainbridge, J., Meyers, M. K., Tanaka, S., & Waldfogel, J. (2005). Who gets an early education? Family income and the enrollment of three- to five-year-olds from 1968 to 2000. Social Science Quarterly, 86(3) , 724-745. Belfield, C. (2010). Early childhood care and education: Enrollment patterns and expenditures over the decade 1995-2005. Wo

Trends in the Use of Early Care and Education, 1995-2011: Descriptive Analysis of Child Care Arrangements from National Survey Data. Introduction and Background

Over the past several decades, increasing maternal labor force participation and growing public recognition of the importance of early education for children’s development and school readiness has led to a large and continuous increase in young children’s participation in early care and education (ECE) programs. In 1965, only six percent of

Homeless Children: Update on Research, Policy, Programs, and Opportunities. References

Alperstein, G., Rappaport, C., & Flanigan, J.M. (1987). Health problems of homeless children in New York City. American Journal of Public Health, 78, 1232-1233. Barrow, S. M. & Laborde, N. D. (2008). Invisible mothers: Parenting by homeless women separated from their children. Gender Issues, 25 , 157–172. Barrow, S. M., & Lawi

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