Reports

This report examines the relationship between lifetime earnings and use of Medicaid-financed long-term care services in a nationally representative survey of older adults.

This report summarizes findings from a multidimensional effort. It reflects the perspectives of experts in end-of-life care, advance directives and advance care planning, individuals with disabilities and other nationwide stakeholders. Advance care planning and the use of advance directives provide mechanisms for ensuring individual autonomy at the end of life.

Home health agencies serve patients with a range of health care needs including those with short-term post-acute needs and the chronically ill with more long-term needs. The purpose of this project was to examine the current approach to public reporting of Medicare home health agency quality with a particular focus on how quality measures perform for the diverse home health population.

Summary of panel discussion concerning the challenges of measuring the impact of disease management programs, especially for individuals with multiple chronic conditions.

Original Research Prepared for:Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Health and Human Services

David was looking forward to some Friday night fun.  A starter on his high school basketball team, he had practiced hard every evening that week for the big game against a crosstown rival and still had to make time to study for his first period geometry test.  After dinner with his family, he headed over to a party at the house of a schoolmate whose parents were out o

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Christopher M. Murtaugh, Ph.D., Timothy R. Peng, Ph.D., Stanley Moore, B.S., and Gill A. Maduro, Ph.D. Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Center for Home Care Policy and Research August 2008 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2008/hhcqual.pdf (172 PDF pages)

Expert Panel Meeting on Disease Management Outcomes Measurement Summary Report Prepared by: RAND Corporation August 2008 Prepared for:Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationAugust 2008PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2008/ADCongRpt.pdf (302 PDF pages)

As a pioneer in broad-based marriage initiatives, the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI) has charted new territory. Recognizing that there was little prior information to guide implementation designs and strategies for pursuing its goals, OMI planners enlisted the help of a range of research experts from around the country.

In June 2008, HHS commissioned this white paper to overview the current status of payor systems for coverage and reimbursement of complex molecular

This report summarizes a Roundtable Meeting convened by ASPE in February 2008. The Roundtable brought together researchers and practitioners from the marriage education, financial literacy, and asset development fields to begin a dialogue on the relationship between healthy marriages and financial practices.

This Issue Brief focuses on the multiple service needs of victims of human trafficking and the services available to meet those needs. Additionally, it discusses challenges and barriers to providing services to victims, international and domestic, adults and minors, and highlights innovative solutions to these challenges and promising practices to overcome barriers. [10 PDF pages]

By: Heather J. Clawson and Nicole Dutch

Prepared by: Elise Corwin Anupa Bir Pamela Joshi RTI International Robert F.

Current Issues and Options: Coverage and Reimbursement for Complex Molecular Diagnostics This is a policy analysis document developed to inform ongoing discussions regarding certain types of diagnostic tests. Bruce Quinn MD PhD Foley Hoag LLP

In 1999, Oklahoma began to consider how state government might play a role in strengthening families and marriages.В  To achieve their goals, the governor and key leaders first sought support for a statewide marriage initiative.В  In the first few years of the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI) various strategies were tested; some worked as anticipated and some that did not were r

Brigitt Heier, Diane Brannon and Peter Kemper Pennsylvania State University, Center for Health Care and Policy Research

Background In March 2007, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the Personalized Health Care Initiative to advance the integration of gene-based technologies into health care delivery.  The Initiative is aimed at helping to achieve a new paradigm for health care in which interventions may be better tailored to each individual based on his or h

Through the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), the Personalized Health Care Initiative sponsored a workshop in Washington, D.C., on July 7, 2008 entitled “Understanding the Needs of Consumers in the Use of Genome-based Health Information Services.

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This report documents IHSS Plus Waiver implementation and recipient Medicaid service use in calendar year 2005.

This is Release 1 of the Long Term Care-Nursing Home (LTC-NH) Electronic Health Record System (EHR-S) Functional Profile.

LTC-NH EHR-S Functional Profile Workgroup Co-Facilitators: Jennie Harvell, MEd U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Michelle Dougherty, MA, RHIA, CHP American Health Information Management Association

Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationThe Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Robert Newcomer, Ph.D. and Taewoon Kang, Ph.D. University of California, Center for Personal Assistance Services

This Issue Brief presents an estimate of the number of children who meet the eligibility requirements for child care assistance under the Child Care and Development Fund. The estimates are produced by the Transfer Income Model (TRIM) developed by the Urban Institute under contract to ASPE.

This paper compares non-parental care arrangements of pre-school age children in urban and rural areas of the United States using data from the 2005 National Household Education Survey (NHES), Early Childhood Program Participation Survey (ECPP).

By: Kendall Swenson Office of the Assistance Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Abstract

ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Child Care Eligibility and Enrollment Estimates for Fiscal Year 2005 U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation By: ASPE Staff June 2008

The President has proposed, and at least one bill has been introduced in Congress, to change federal law that prevents health insurance from being offered nationally as opposed to in only state-specific markets.

IntroductionFederal lawmakers are interested in changing the law that prohibits non-group/individual health insurance from being sold across state lines.  For example, Representative John Shadegg’s (R-AZ) and Senator Jim DeMint’s (R-SC) Health Care Choice Act (H.R.

This Issue Brief focuses on the importance of case management in working with international victims of human trafficking from the point of identification until a victim reaches self-sufficiency. This brief looks at the characteristics of an effective case manager along with the benefits not only to victims, but also other key stakeholders including law enforcement and service providers.

By: Heather J. Clawson and Nicole Dutch Part of a larger project:Study of HHS Programs Serving Human Trafficking Victims

Over 2.5 million students across the country complete their high school education each year.(1)Т  How many of these students will emerge from their adolescent years with the skills and information they need to choose a life partner and form a healthy marriage and stable family?Т  To increase the odds that young people in Oklahoma will enter ad

With 45.7 million uninsured American in 2007, up from 38.4 million in 2000 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2008), health care reform is taking center stage as one of the top priorities for governors, state legislatures, and Congress.

Office of Health Policy Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Summer 2008 Abstract

This report presents the findings from an in-depth, multimethod process evaluation of the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI), the nation's longest running and most comprehensive set of programs to strengthen marriage and families.

By: M. Robin Dion, Sarah A. Avellar, Heather H. Zaveri, Debra A. Strong, Alan M. Hershey, Timothy J. Silman, and Betsy Santos Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.Project Director:В  Robin Dion Contract: HHSP233-02-0086

This project focuses on modeling the potential impact on states of the various insurance coverage proposals in the President's 2008 Budget, estimating fiscal impacts as well as their potential effects on insurance participation rates. The project also models the potential impacts of a tax credit proposal as outlined in S 1019. [39 PDF pages]

Final Report Prepared by: The Lewin Group May 19, 2008

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