Reports

Randall Blair, Junqing Liu, Miriam Rosenau, Michael Brannan, Natalie Hazelwood, Kelsey Farson Gray, Jonathan Brown, Eric Morris, Alyssa Hart, Kenneth Jackson, Angela Schmitt, Katherine Sobel, Mary Barton, Milesh Patel, Allison Siegwarth, Xiao Barry, and Stephanie Rodriguez Mathematica Policy Research  

This Issue Brief highlights the efforts of four states--Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Tennessee--to facilitate provider-level coordination for Medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral health disorders. It describes the financing strategies and specific mechanisms that states are using to improve care coordination.

February 2015

This issue brief highlights available national and state-level enrollment-related information for the first two months of the Health Insurance Marketplace 2015 open enrollment period (11-15-14 to 1-16-15) for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. For the period: November 15, 2014 – January 16, 20151 January 27, 2015

This PDF was submitted as an attachment to a Public Comment sent to the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services and/or the National Alzheimer's Project Act website.

For the period: November 15, 2014 – December 15, 20141

Report author: The Lewin Group

Final ReportSebastian Negrusa, Projesh Ghosh and John T. Warner Prepared for: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Submitted by: The Lewin Group, Inc.  

Updated January 8, 2015

ASPE FMAP 2016 REPORT Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures; Federal Matching Shares for Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons for October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016

Brenda Spillman Urban Institute December 2014 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format: http://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/why-do-elders-receiving-informal-home-care-transition-long-stay-nursing-home-residency (47 PDF pages)

Janet O'Keeffe, Dr.PH, RN, Christine O'Keeffe, BA, and Madhu Shrestha, BS RTI International Abstract   Adult day services (ADS)--a non-residential service provides outside an individual's home for less than a full day--prov

Janet O'Keeffe, Dr.PH, RN, Christine O'Keeffe, BA, and Madhu Shrestha, BS RTI International ABSTRACT Adult day services (ADS)--a non-residential service provides outside an individual's home for less than a full day--provides direct care to older adults and younger adults with physical disabilities.

High stress reported by informal (unpaid, mostly family) caregivers providing functional assistance to chronically disabled elders residing in the community is a very powerful predictor of care recipients' subsequent transition from community living to long-stay nursing home residence.

By: Kenneth Finegold and Munira Z. Gunja   The Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace coverage became available on January 1, 2014, and its Federally-financed, state-optional, Medicaid expansion started on the same day.

This report provides an examination of the length of time that low-income families receive government-funded child care subsidies that pay for part or all of the cost of their care arrangements. The figures presented are based on ASPE's analysis of a restricted-use version of child care subsidy administrative data from 35 states.

The brief summarizes findings from the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure report for 2013. The brief highlights SPM levels for the most recent year, changes from the previous year and historical trends.  SPM estimates are compared to estimates of the official poverty measure.

By Kendall Swenson

The brief summarizes findings from the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure report for 2013. The brief highlights SPM levels for the most recent year, changes from the previous year and historical trends. SPM estimates are compared to estimates of the official poverty measure.

Federal agencies have a long history of releasing data to the public, and they also have a legal obligation to protect the confidentiality of the individuals and organizations from which the data were collected. Federal agencies have successfully balanced these two objectives for decades.

By Munira Z. Gunja and Emily R. Gee

This brief analyzes and summarizes the poverty rates for various populations in the United States.  Cited statistics include changes in the poverty rate and number of children in poverty by age, race and ethnicity, and family type.

This brief is one in a series exploring issues related to the implementation of evidence-based interventions.

This research brief highlights the gains the foster care system has made in safely discharging youth from foster care in a timely manner, particularly those entering foster care for the first time. For nearly two decades federal policies have emphasized the importance of reducing the lengths of stay in

What Factors Affect Residential Care Facility Charges? Executive Summary September 2014 Sarita L. Karon, PhD, Joshua M. Wiener, PhD, Angela M.

What is the Effect of Dementia on Hospitalization and Emergency Department Use in Residential Care Facilities? Executive Summary September 2014 Joshua M. Wiener, PhD, Zhanlian Feng, PhD, Laura A.

September 2014   RTI International Abstract The Support and Services at Home (SASH) program in Vermont is a subcomponent of a larger Medicare demonstration--the Multi-payer Advanced Primary Ca

Support and Services at Home (SASH) Evaluation: First Annual Report September 2014 RTI International Abstract The Support and Services at Home (SASH) program in Vermont is a subcomponent of a larger Medicare demonstration--the Multi-payer Advanced Primary Care Practice demonstration. SASH is a model of care coordination centered on affordable housing sites for older adults.

Thomas DeLeire, Karen Joynt, and Ruth McDonald This report summarizes research on the effect of the major health insurance coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the drivers of uncompensated care (UCC) and on hospital UCC costs. Key Takeaways

This brief is one in a series exploring issues related to the implementation of evidence-based interventions. It describes the basics of readiness using the R=MC2 (Readiness = Motivation × General Capacity and Intervention-Specific Capacity) heuristic, examines some of the policy implications of readiness, and identifies directions for future research.

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Sarita L. Karon, PhD, Joshua M. Wiener, PhD, Angela M.