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Managed Care and People With Disabilities

Managed Care and People With Disabilities Research Inventory

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Managed Care for People With Disabilities Research Inventory MEDSTAT Group February 1996 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/inventry.pdf (73 PDF pages)
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Meeting the Challenge of Serving People With

Meeting the Challenge of Serving People With Disabilities: A Resource Guide for Assessing the Performance of Managed Care Organizations

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Analysis of Risk Communication Strategies and

Analysis of Risk Communication Strategies and Approaches with At-Risk Populations to Enhance Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Final Report

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Ensuring a Qualified Long-Term Care Workforce:

Ensuring a Qualified Long-Term Care Workforce: From Pre-Employment Screens to On-the-Job Monitoring

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Objective 1.5 - Reduce the Abuse and Illicit Use

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Objective 1.5 - Reduce the Abuse and Illicit Use of Drugs

How We Will Accomplish Our Objective We will provide science-based information on the effects of drug use and on effective prevention and treatment strategies to health professionals, states, communities, and the public.
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Strategic Goals

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Strategic Goals

In a society that is diverse in culture, language, and ethnicity, HHS manages an array of programs that aim to eliminate disparities in health status and access to health services and that increase opportunities for disadvantaged individuals to work and lead productive lives. These programs have strong foundations in basic and applied science, and
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Appendix D. Tennessee State Profile

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

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

Advance Care Planning and Public Engagement. I. Introduction

Despite local, state, and national efforts since the mid-1970s to adopt health care advance directives as the central tool to ensure that one’s health care wishes are known, only a minority of Americans have adopted this formal approach to detail their wishes and name their proxy. 1  Meanwhile, medical innovation and technological complexity ha
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Advance Care Planning and Public Engagement

Advance Care Planning and Public Engagement

Myra J. Christopher and John G. Carney Center for Practical Bioethics
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Technical Conditions Required for Research Using

The Feasibility of Using Electronic Health Data for Research on Small Populations. Technical Conditions Required for Research Using EHR and Other Electronic Health Data

In order to use information in EHRs for research, it is first necessary for a number of technical conditions to be in place, such as the ability to extract and format data for research, as well as to address issues with missing data and data quality. As with claims data, the information in EHRs was not collected for research purposes.
Improving Employment Outcomes for People with

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities

Bonnie O'Day, Crystal Blyler, Anna Collins, Benjamin Fischer, Claire Gill, Todd Honeycutt, Rebecca Kleinman, Frank Martin, Joseph Mastrianni, Eric Morris, Lisa Schottenfeld, Allison Thompkins, Allison Wishon-Siegwarth, and Michelle Bailey Mathematica Policy Research   Abstract
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  
The Effects of Welfare and IDA Program Rules on

The Effects of Welfare and IDA Program Rules on Asset Holdings of Low-Income Families

Contents Key Findings Conclusions Savings and assets can cushion families against sudden income losses and can bolster long-term economic gains. These savings, however, can make a low-income family ineligible for benefits from means-tested programs when they encounter economic difficulties. Most means-tested programs restrict eligibi
Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States: Key Findings

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Determinants of AFDC Caseload Growth

Determinants of AFDC Caseload Growth

A. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSES
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I. Agency Mission

HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated to the Public. I. Agency Mission

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is the lead Federal agency in promoting access to health care services that improve the Nation's health. With a statutory emphasis on special needs, underserved, and vulnerable populations, HRSA mobilizes its bureaus, programs, staff, and partners to assure access to quality health care. The
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HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the

HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated to the Public

This site describes the HHS Information Quality Guidelines as well as the supporting administrative mechanisms to request correction of information covered under the guidelines. The HHS Guidelines were developed in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 106-554 and OMB government-wide requirements directing all federal agencies to issue guidelines
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Improving Employment Outcomes for People with

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities

To answer questions on what services and barriers people with psychiatric disorders face, the authors conducted two targeted literature reviews: (1) employment programs and outcomes for people with psychiatric disorders; and (2) employment programs for people with other disabilities. Also analyzed was data from the Survey of Income and Program
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Web-Based Benefit Access Tools: Mitigating

Web-Based Benefit Access Tools: Mitigating Barriers for Special Needs Populations

This paper summarizes findings from eight in-depth case studies conducted for the "Helping Vulnerable Populations Access Public Benefits through Web-based Tools and Outreach" project. The paper discusses specific barriers and needs among the various segments of the low-income population with respect to access and use of web-based benefit access to
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Promoting Public Benefits Access Through Web-

Promoting Public Benefits Access Through Web-Based Tools and Outreach

This report summarizes findings from a national scan of web-based benefits access tools and eight in-depth case studies done for the “Helping Vulnerable Populations Access Public Benefits through Web-based Tools and Outreach” project.  The report identifies the design, technology, and financial considerations in implementing such models and a
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