Reports

Report authors: Melony E.S.Sorbero, Cheryl L. Damberg, Rebecca Shaw, Stephanie Telekie, Susan Lovejoy, Alison Dechristofaro, Jake Dembosky, Cynthia Shuster

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

In an effort to improve the quality of care provided in long-term care settings, as well as ensure a committed and qualified long-term care workforce, ASPE contracted with The Lewin Group to study the efficacy of various approaches to pre-employment screening and on-the-job monitoring of nurse assistants to prevent resident abuse in nursing homes.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Ensuring a Qualified Long-Term Care Workforce: From Pre-Employment Screens to On-the-Job Monitoring The Lewin Group May 2006 PDF Version

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Contents Methodology Description of Nonresident Fathers of Foster Children Findings on Identifying Nonresident Fathers Findings on Locating and Contacting Nonresident Fathers Findings on Father Involvement

This report is a synthesis of studies that have examined the quality impact of health IT as well as the costs and organizational changes needed to implement health IT systems. This report reviews scientific data about the implementation of health IT to date, as documented in studies published through 2003.

Most foster children are not living with their fathers at the time they are removed from their homes. Once in foster care, these children may experience even less contact with their nonresident fathers. This study sought to assess typical child welfare practice with respect to nonresident fathers of children in foster care.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Contents Purpose and Methods Findings Strategies Related to Obtaining Information About Grant Opportunities, Deciding to Apply, and Preparing Grant Applications Strategies for Grant Review Processes

Prepared by: Westat 1650 Research Boulevard Rockville, MD 20850 Contract No. 233-02-087

Report authors : Amanda Honeycutt, Laurel Clayton, Olga Khavjou, Eric Finkelstein, Malavika Prabhu, Jonathan Blitstein, W. Douglas Evans, and Jeanette Renaud

This report discusses the current and future availability of professional social workers in long-term care settings. Recommendations for addressing any identified future shortage areas, including cooperative strategies involving federal agencies, professional associations, and school of social work are also addressed. [31 PDF pages]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

MEDSTAT February 24, 2006 This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-03-0022 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and MEDSTAT.

This report describes the first phase of the state/federal Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign pilot program to increase awareness of the need to plan ahead for long-term care. The Campaign was operated in five states early in 2005.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pilot Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign: Phase I Final Report MEDSTAT February 24, 2006 PDF Version

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Strengthening the financing of intensive home and community services for youth with serious emotional disorders (SEDs) brings into play a complex set of policy issues, regulatory constraints, and payment mechanisms. This report presents critical background information on these topics.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The use of negotiated risk agreements (NRAs) is a new topic in a relatively new long-term care setting. This study was designed to inform state policymakers, assisted living providers, and key stakeholders about NRAs and issues related to their use.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Randall R. Bovbjerg and Pablo Aliaga The Urban Institute, Health Policy Center Josephine Gittler

This report describes state medical boards' disciplinary processes, assessed measurement of disciplinary performance, and identified practices that medical boards believe effectively improve their functioning. Finding ways to assess medical boards' performance is important because states have given them a key role in safeguarding medical quality and patient safety.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report is the second of two prepared as part of a project to better understand the size and characteristics of the long-term care population in all settings.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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In 2004, Congress requested that HHS conduct a study on the shortage of direct support professionals (DSPs) supporting persons with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities (ID/DD), including an examination of the root causes associated with high vacancy and turnover rates, and an examination of the impact this shortage may be having on services for people with ID/DD.

This report provides a technical assessment of the utility of data from the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, specifically the form 5500 data, to examine the receipt of employer provided health care when merged with data from the Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics data program.

Chapter I - Program Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human ServicesThis Performance Improvement 2006 report presents to Congress a comprehensive summary of evaluation projects completed by the Department, The Office of the Secretary, and agencies comprising the Department, engage in extensive evaluation activities;

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation January 2006 PDF Version

The purpose of this project was to develop, pilot, and disseminate a set of instruments for national surveys to measure the use of assistive technology and the environments in which they are used. The project focused on older adults living in the community.

Vicki A. Freedman, Ph.D. Polisher Research Institute Emily M. Agree, Ph.D.Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Lisa Landsberg, M.Ed.Polisher Research Institute December 2005 PDF Version (124 PDF pages)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Development of an Assistive Technology and Environmental Assessment Instrument for National Surveys: Final Report Part I. Recommended Modules and Instrument Development Process

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.

Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures, FY 2007 Federal Register: November 30, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 229)][Notices][Page 71856-71857]From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov][DOCID:fr30no05-76] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESOffice of the Secretary