Reports

The purpose of this study is to obtain a comprehensive demographic, health and attitudinal profile of individuals with private long-term care (LTC) insurance policies at the time that they begin using paid LTC services in their current service setting.

Prepared by: National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

This data catalog is a compilation of existing data sources pertaining to American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American (AI/AN/NA) populations. In the first component of this project, the contractor has identified existing sources of socioeconomic and health data using national and some state-level surveys.

Marc A. Cohen, Ph.D., Jessica S. Miller, M.S., and Xiaomei Shi, M.A. LifePlans, Inc.

This ASPE Issue Brief presents findings related to casework practice from a study that sought to determine the extent to which child welfare agencies seek out nonresident fathers of children in foster care and involve them in their children's case management and permanency planning.

Prepared by: Westat Contract: 233-02-0087

Lisa R. Shugarman and Rena Garland RAND Corporation December 2006 PDF Version

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Divestiture and Corporate Restructuring: Final Report David Stevenson, Ph.D., David Grabowski, Ph.D., and Laurie Coots, B.A. Harvard Medical School December 2006 PDF Version (35 PDF pages)

This report summarizes key findings of a research initiative to survey consumers about their long-term care knowledge, attitudes and behavior both prior to and after a comprehensive consumer education campaign conducted in five states. [43 PDF pages]

The Federal Medical Assistance Percentages and Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages are calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1 through September 30 of the indicated year.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Final Report on the "Own Your Future" Consumer Survey Long Term Care Group, Inc. LifePlans, Inc. November 30, 2006 PDF Version (43 PDF pages)

Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures, FY 2008 [Federal Register: November 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 230)][Notices]               [Page 69209-69211]From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov][DOCID:fr30no06-33]

This paper presents data on the current state of Medicaid, the nation's program providing health and long-term care services to low-income families, elderly, and disabled individuals. The paper reports both historical and projected trends in Medicaid enrollment and spending.

Final Report Presented to: Lynn Nonnemaker DHHS/OS/ASPE Presented by: NORC at the University of Chicago 1350 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 223-6040

This paper presents data on the current state of Medicaid, the nation's program providing health and long-term care services to low-income families, elderly, and disabled individuals. The paper reports both historical and projected trends in Medicaid enrollment and spending. Information is presented on trends by major Medicaid eligibility category with some additional information by state.

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The purpose of this report is to establish a baseline knowledge of the scope of assistive technology (AT) and home modifications (HM) services that states make available to Medicaid-eligible adults. This study provides federal and state policymakers with basic information to inform planning and policy development.

Terry Moore, BSN, MPH Abt Associates, Inc. October 27, 2006 PDF Version (244 pages)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This Policy Brief offers an updated look at prescription drug utilization by Medicare beneficiaries residing in long-term care facilities and reports, for the first time, national estimates of prescription drug spending by this population. [23 PDF pages]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Presented to: Lynn Nonnemaker, PhDDHHS/OS/ASPE Presented by: NORCA national organization for research at the University of Chicago

    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services   Nursing Home Selection: How Do Consumers Choose? Volume I: Findings from Focus Groups of Consumers and Information Intermediaries Executive Summary

Contents Background Summary of Findings Implications for State Child Support Enforcement Agencies Background The recently released National Child Support Enforcement

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of Human Services Policy and the Administration for Children and Families/Office of Child Support Enforcement

Prepared by: The Lewin Group: Karen Gardiner, Mike Fishman, Asaph Glosser, Matthew Langley and SRA International, Inc.: David Vennergrund Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The goal of this report is to present a review of a subset of the Internet sites that may be used to inform a consumer's selection of a nursing facility. As part of this content review, the authors reviewed 29 websites; 13 websites were national in scope and 16 were state specific.

A project was funded by ASPE to: (a) gather descriptive information on HCBS waivers, both comprehensive and supports, operated for people with I&DD in 17 states with the supports waivers; (b) determine how supports waivers have emerged as separate and distinct HCBS waivers; (c) better understand the range of participant characteristics and experiences that distinguish supports waivers from

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Selection: How Do Consumers Choose? Volume I: Findings from Focus Groups of Consumers and Information Intermediaries Lisa R. Shugarman and Julie A. Brown RAND Corporation December 2006 PDF Version

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report summarizes nine case studies by The Lewin Group that explore how states and communities are responding to statutory rape. Exploratory site visits suggest that addressing and preventing these unequal partnerships is difficult to accomplish by any single program or governmental agency.

By: Moshman Associates, Booz, Allen, Hamilton This report is currently only available in PDF format.

Exploring Community Responses to Statutory Rape Final Report Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Prepared by: Michael Fishman, Karen Gardiner, and Asaph Glosser The Lewin Group

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The purpose of this report is to highlight the analytic properties of the assistive technology and environment measures in the final recommended module. The authors address three distinct but complimentary questions: (1) How do questions that combine several environmental features or devices (global measures) compare with more detailed items?

This issue brief provides background information on issues that could be raised at the Workshop on Improving Survey Measures of Late-Life Disability (May 17, 2005). The authors include a brief review of disability measurement issues, and offer a framework for thinking about disability measurement that will shaped the workshop panels and presentations. [62 PDF pages]

Considerable evidence now suggests that the prevalence of disability among older Americans is declining; however, how best to implement intervention strategies to promote continued or accelerated declines in disability prevalence remains unstudied.

Vicki A. Freedman University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Timothy Waidmann and Brenda Spillman Urban Institute

Vicki A. Freedman, Ph.D. Polisher Research Institute Timothy Waidmann, Ph.D. Urban Institute

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services