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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
PUBLIC LAW 104-191 104th Congress An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify the…
Core Health Data Elements: Report of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Executive SummaryIntroduction
The identification, definition, and implementation of standardized data in the health care and health care information fields are long overdue. The increasing use of electronic data, the evolving managed care field, and the growing requirement for performance monitoring and outcomes research have made it imperative that all health data collection activities, where…
HHS Research Initiative Regarding Transformations in Health and Human Services: Report of the Working Group
Executive SummaryGovernments at all levels are realigning their health-services and human-services programs to keep pace with changing social and fiscal goals. Government initiatives with respect to the organization, financing, and availability of health services are adding impetus to changes that already are far advanced within the health-care industry.
Confidentiality of Electronic Health Data: Methods for Protecting Personally Identifiable Information
January 1990 through March 1996 448 Selected Citations Prepared by Ione Auston, M.L.S., National Library of Medicine Betsy L. Humphreys, M.L.S., National Library of Medicine Paul D. Clayton, Ph.D., Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Isaac S. Kohane, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School Lance J. Hoffman, Ph.D., George Washington University Zdenka Geisslerova, National Library of Medicine…
HHS Plan for Integration of Surveys
Highlights The IssueHHS has a considerable investment in surveys and other data systems to support broad analytic and program objectives. These range from monitoring of the population and health system, to supporting biomedical, epidemiological, and health services research, to supporting the management and evaluation of HHS programs. Data from these surveys serve as the analytic base for…
Cost of Care for Medicaid-Enrolled Children with Selected Disabilities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Cost of Care for Medicaid-Enrolled Children with Selected Disabilities Henry T. Ireys, Gerard Anderson, Carol Han and John Neff Johns Hopkins University May 22, 1996 PDF Version (18 PDF pages)
Cost of Care for Medicaid-Enrolled Children with Selected Disabilities
The purpose of this study is to estimate and compare costs of care for children with 11 selected chronic conditions, to compare these costs with costs of care for children without any of these conditions, and to identify whether selected demographic variables are associated with cost variation.
Core Dataset Project: Child Welfare Service Histories
The focus of this study is on the key events that individual children may experience in the public child welfare service system. This report discusses the importance of this type of research, the issues that can be addressed with the information produced, an initial set of analyses addressing key questions in child welfare and an agenda for future work. [27 PDF pages]
Core Dataset Project: Child Welfare Service Histories
By Robert Goerge, John Van Voorhis, Lisa Sanfilippo, and Allen Harden Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago April 8, 1996 The focus of this study is on the key events that individual children may experience in the public child welfare service system. This report discusses the importance of this type of research, the issues that can be addressed with the information produced…
Core Dataset Project: Child Welfare Service Histories
Final Report to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Grant Number HHS 100-93-0024 Robert Goerge John Van Voorhis Lisa Sanfilippo Allen Harden
Work, Welfare, and the Burden of Disability: Caring for Special Needs of Children in Poor Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Work, Welfare, and the Burden of Disability: Caring for Special Needs of Children in Poor Families Marcia K. Meyers, Anna Lukemeyer and Timothy M. Smeeding Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Center for Policy Research April 1996 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/wrkwlfes.pdf (53 PDF pages)
Work, Welfare, and the Burden of Disability: Caring for Special Needs of Children in Poor Families
This paper addresses issues which arise at the juncture of welfare and disability policies. Using preliminary data from a recent survey of current and recent AFDC recipients in California, we find that disabilities and chronic health problems affect the mothers or children in 43% of all households in the AFDC system. The presence of one or more children with disabilities or chronic illnesses is…
Identifying the Services, Costs, and Reimbursements for Young Children with Disabilities Through Data Collected by Tennessee Part H IDEA Program
Mark L. Wolraich, E. Michael Foster, Sara C. Willis, and Lynne M. Cushing Vanderbilt University
Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth, 1996
ForewordForeword (In PDF format)
IntroductionIntroduction (In PDF format)
Section 1: Population, Family, and Neighborhood (PF) Child Population CharacteristicsChild Population Characteristics (In PDF format)
Family StructureFamily Structure (In PDF format)
Health Policy for Medically Fragile Children: An Analysis of Factors Impacting Care in Texas
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Managed Care and People with Disabilities: Research Project Descriptions
In an effort to better understand the impact of managed care on disabled populations, staff from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation's Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy and the Office of Health Policy, in collaboration with HCFA, have developed a series of research and evaluation efforts focused on managed care and people with disabilities.
Managed Care and People With Disabilities Research Inventory
This research inventory was assembled in preparation for the National Conference on Managed Care for People with Disabilities. It provides information on research projects on several distinct subpopulations of people with disabilities, including: (1) people with AIDS; (2) children with special health needs; (3) people with mental illness; (4) people with mental retardation or developmental…
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)