Reports

This report focuses on adults with severe mental illness (SMI) served by the public mental health system. It aims to identify and describe the range of self-directed care programs for this group currently being pursued by states and bring together existing evidence relating to the impact of these programs on individuals and on state resources.

This report synthesizes current research and other available information on the assets and liabilities of low-income households into a variety of portraits. These data allow practitioners and researchers to begin to form a comprehensive representation of the balance sheets of low-income households. [78 PDF pages]

By: Adam Carasso and Signe-Mary McKernan The Urban Institute

Prepared by: RAND Health working paper series CHERYL L.DAMBERG, MELONY SORBERO, ATEEV MEHROTRA, STEPHANIE TELEKI, SUSAN LOVEJOY, AND LILY BRADLEY 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

To date a number of private and public sector initiatives have commenced that rely on value-driven principles for the delivery of health care services. Given the variation that may exist across these initiatives it is important to have a good structure for examining and evaluating their implementation and overall effectiveness.

This paper describes the current status of advance directives and advance care planning in the disability community and identifies where gaps exist in policy, practice, and research. The aim is to better assure that the needs and issues of people with disabilities are considered and integrated into new policies designed to promote effective advance care planning.

This paper begins with a brief synopsis of the common law and constitutional underpinnings of advance directive policy. Section III examines the incremental evolution of the relevant statutory law, followed by an analysis of a fundamental paradigm shift in public policy in Section IV.

Final Report Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of Human Services PolicyU.S. Department of Health and Human Services Fall 2007

Myra J. Christopher and John G. Carney Center for Practical Bioethics

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services October 2007 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2007/adacp.pdf (25 PDF pages)

A Framework for Evaluating Price Transparency Initiatives in Health Care Final Report Prepared by: Ha T. Tu Johanna R. Lauer October 2, 2007

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services October 2007 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2007/adacplpi.pdf (39 PDF pages)

Contents Data Sets Identified and Criteria for Assessment Primary Data Sources for Holdings of Low-Resource Households' Assets Survey of Income and Program Participation Panel Study of Income Dynamics Survey of Consumer Finances

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.

By: Caroline Ratcliffe and Henry Chen The Urban Institute and Trina R. Williams Shanks, Yunju Nam, Mark Schreiner, Min Zhan, and Michael Sherraden Center for Social Development Washington University in St. Louis

By: Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline Ratcliffe The Urban Institute and Yunju Nam Center for Social Development Washington University in St. Louis

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report examines how person-level data in the Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) data system can be used to better understand Medicaid long-term care service use and expenditures, and to evaluate the utility of MAX data for further study of long-term care.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Submitted to Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC Submitted by: Altarum Institute Ann Arbor, MI and NHII Advisors Arlington, VA  

Archived Strategic Plan. This is not the most current Strategic Plan. Please see: http://www.hhs.gov/secretary/about/priorities/priorities.html for the current plan.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Information Exchange in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Case Study Findings: Final Report Executive Summary

The purpose of the study was to: (1) describe the current status of the use of health information technology (HIT) in existing state-of-the-art health delivery systems and how health information is or is not exchanged with "unaffiliated" post-acute and long-term care (PAC/LTC) providers and other components of the health care delivery continuum (e.g., physician offices, laboratories, pharmacies

Rachael E. Bennett, MA, Mark Tuttle, FACMI, Karis May, Jennie Harvell, Med, and Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

This report summarizes the discussion at the Emerging Issues in Paternity Disestablishment Expert Symposium convened by ASPE in January 2006 as part of a project that explored how paternity disestablishment may impact child support enforcement and child welfare policies and practice, the broader social context of best interest of the child and fairness and justice, and the social and legal impl

Prepared by: Susan Paikin Center for the Support of Families  

In 2006, ASPE funded the Child Welfare Privatization Initiatives Project to provide information to state and local child welfare administrators who are considering or implementing privatization reforms. The project will produce six papers on a range of topics providing insights about factors that should be considering when approaching or improving upon privatization efforts.

This issue brief focuses on minors who are victimized by sex traffickers across the U. S. and is intended to provide practical information about the characteristics and needs of these minors and describe the type of residential programs and facilities currently providing services for this population.

By: Heather J. Clawson, Ph.D. and Lisa Goldblatt Grace, LICSW Caliber, an ICF International Company

  Child Welfare Privatization Initiatives  Assessing Their Implications for the Child Welfare Field and for Federal Child Welfare Programs Assessing Site Readiness: Considerations about Transitioning to a Privatized Child Welfare System Topical Paper #1 September 2007

Contents Demonstrating Clinical Validity and Utility Demonstrating Value Reducing Health Disparities Educating and Engaging Providers and Consumers Using Databases to Build Eviden

Prepared by: The Lewin Group, Inc. Staff contributing to this project included Clifford Goodman, Charlene Chen, Lindsey Wu, Christel Villarivera, and Erin Karnes Prepared for: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

Penny Feldman, Ph.D., Miriam Ryvicker, Ph.D., Robert Rosati, Ph.D., Theresa Schwartz, B.A., and Gil Maduro, Ph.D. Visiting Nurse Service of New York Center for Home Care Policy and Research

Contents

This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the effect of health care cost growth on the U.S. economy. The evaluation consisted of 1) a thorough and systematic review of the existing literature, anecdotal evidence and survey findings, and 2) limited quantitative analyses of available secondary data sources.