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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Lewin Group, Inc. Berkeley Policy Associates, Cornell University

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

European Union Restreint ECO 291 CODEC 92 Common Position (EC) No /95 Adopted by the Council on 20 February 1995 With a View to Adopting Directive 94/ /EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Protection of Individuals With Regard to the Processing of Personal Data And on the Free Movement of Such Data On the

Resident characteristics are summarized in Appendix C. Our strategy for examining resident characteristics was similar to that described for facility characteristics. We stratified facilities by size and then assessed the impact of facility licensure status upon the distribution of key resident characteristics. We present the results of these anal

The Keys Amendments to the Social Security Act (Section 1616[e]) were enacted in 1976 with the goal of preventing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients from being in substandard board and care homes. Under Keys, the States are required to certify to DHHS that all facilities in which significant number of SSI recipients reside meet app

Residents use varying sources of funds to pay for board and care and the services they receive, with many residents having more than one payment source ( Exhibit 6-3 ). Because SSI is widely thought to be one of the primary sources of income for residents in board and care facilities, it is surprising that less than one-third of the residents were

All 38 of Maine's acute care hospitals are under contract to connect to the HIE. HIN has 34 of the 38 hospitals connected, 376 ambulatory provider sites including primary and specialty care practices, FQHCs, mental health agencies, home health and two long-term care providers. Throughout 2013, HIN will work to establish connections with the four r

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

Each state implemented a different approach to improving care coordination for Medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral health conditions. Despite these diversities, state Medicaid officials, managed care representatives, providers, and consumer representatives in all states identified similar facilitators, challenges, and lessons learned for improv

The goals of this project were to describe the quality of care in board and care homes and how it varies across licensure and regulatory systems. Accomplishment of these objectives required a study design that incorporated several activities, including a major collection of new data. The study design included:

The Commission considered several ways in which its medical-record recommendations might be implemented and enforced. The alternatives considered ranged from a wholly voluntary approach to Federal legislation which, like the 1974 Drug Abuse and Alcoholism statutes, 49 would make compliance with the recommendations a requirement attached to the di

The strongest argument for the need to keep attention focused on the issue of personal privacy in record keeping is in the facts of record keeping themselves. The facts and the specific recommendations the Commission makes on the basis of its analysis of them are presented in the chapters that follow.

The Commission's findings clearly reveal an overwhelming imbalance in the record keeping relationship between an individual and an organization, and its policy recommendations aim at strengthening the ability of the individual to participate in that relationship.