Reports

This study focused on electronic health records (EHRs) and information systems used to exchange clinical information across providers.

The purpose of this brief is to present summary findings from a comprehensive review of the literature and published data about buyers and non-buyers of private long-term care insurance, including members of the federal family. Understanding the motives behind peoples' choices can help to inform public policy as well as focus current and future market strategies.

This is the fourth in a series of data briefs based on the information collected for the study of buyers, non-buyers, and non-responders to the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP). The purpose of this data brief is to compare the demographic and attitudinal characteristics of these groups.

This is the fifth in a series of data briefs based on the information collected for a study of buyers, non-buyers, and non-responders to the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP).

This is the sixth in a series of data briefs based on the information collected from the buyers, non-buyers, and non-responders surveyed groups. The purpose of this brief is to answer three questions related to the purchase of the Federal LTC insurance program: (1) What are the characteristics associated with being a purchaser/enrollee in the Federal LTC insurance program?

LifePlans, Inc.

Contract No. HHS-100-01-0011 Produced by:Child Trends Laura Lippman, Project Director  

Walter Hillabrant, Judy Earp, and Mack Rhoades Support Services International Nancy Pindus The Urban Institute, Inc.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Health and Human Services Contract No. HHS-100-01-0011 Produced by Laura Lippman, Project Director

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Case Studies of Electronic Health Records in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

LifePlans, Inc.  

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A Comparison of Demographic and Attitudinal Characteristics Among Active and Retired Buyers, Non-Buyers and Non-Responders to the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program LifePlans, Inc. August 2004 PDF Version (27 PDF pages)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A Demographic and Attitudinal Profile of Non-Buyers of the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program LifePlans, Inc. August 2004 PDF Version

U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesA Demographic and Attitudinal Profile of Non-Responders of the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance ProgramLifePlans, Inc.August 2004PDF Version

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The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was charged with setting regional market areas for the implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).

Researchers have increasingly used measures of material hardship to examine the well-being of low-income families, especially in the context of welfare reform. Despite their common focus on actual living conditions and physical needs, researchers conducting material hardship research in the U.S. have not reached consensus on the definition and measurement of material need.

Health Care in Transition: Technology Assessment in the Private Sector Prepared by: Richard Rettig of the RAND Corporation Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. July, 1996.

This guide serves three purposes: First, it assists state policymakers and others in understanding what the Medicaid statute and regulations require of states in terms of Medicaid eligibility, enrollment, redetermination, notice and appeal rights, and other program and policy areas.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Information in this report was collected prior to the passage of Title XXI of the Social Security Act, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). During the summer of 1997, nine states were interviewed that had already developed children’s health insurance programs to cover uninsured children.

Health Care in Transition: Technology Assessment in the Private Sector Medical technology, broadly construed, embraces innovations in medicine--new drugs, biologics, medical devices, and procedures--as well as existing therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities.

Understanding Estimates of the Uninsured: Putting the Differences in Context ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: ASPE would like to thank those reviewers at the U.S.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence.

This report describes the design and implementation of the Consumer-Directed Care Research Project (CDC), Florida's model of Cash and Counseling, and draws lessons from the state's experience. The report is based primarily on in-person interviews conducted in January 2002, about 18 months after the project began enrolling beneficiaries.

By Sharon M. McGroder, Ph.D., Martha J. Zaslow, Ph.D., Kristin A. Moore, Ph.D., and Jennifer L. Brooks, Ph.D. Child Trends

Final Report July 2004 Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAssistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Changing to Consumer-Directed Care: The Implementation of the Cash and Counseling Demonstration in Florida Barbara Phillips and Barbara Schneider Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. July 2004 PDF Version (136 PDF pages)

Content The Study What We Found Endnote Social welfare programs strive to improve the well-being of needy and vulnerable populations.

This project, which resulted in both a key highlights issue brief and a full report, examines how a state's ability to fund social welfare programs affects its state spending choices on programs to support low-income populations. The project includes a two-part study of state spending on social services.

This announces the launch of a comprehensive, searchable Web site that contains information on hundreds of technology products to improve quality of life and care in long-term care residential settings, http://www.techforltc.org/.

New TechForLTC.Org Web Site Offers Comprehensive Information on Technologies for Health Professionals in Long-Term Care Settings   PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2004/techPR.pdf (3 PDF pages)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report focuses on workers' compensation laws and systems as they pertain to domestic service workers, and in particular, PAS workers in 50 states, the District of Columbia, five U.S.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Stacy Dale, Randall Brown and Barbara Phillips Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. June 2004 This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-95-0046 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the University of Maryland.

Content Background Research Questions and Methods Key Findings Background Since the establishment of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, much attention has been given t

By: Cynthia Miller, MDRC, Mary Farrell, The Lewin Group, Maria Cancian, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Daniel R. Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Prepared for: Jennifer Burnszynski and Linda Mellgren  

Between 1996 and 2001, welfare cases declined nationally by 52 percent, while child-only cases declined by much less. Thus, while the number of child-only cases has fluctuated over time, their proportionate share of the TANF caseload has increased. Children in TANF child-only cases with relative caregivers occupy uncertain territory between the TANF and the child welfare service systems.

The evaluation of the national Cash and Counseling Demonstration enables researchers to rigorously analyze costs under agency-directed and consumer-directed approaches.

Prepared for: David NielsenOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation(ASPE)U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Does Arkansas’ Cash and Counseling Affect Service Use and Public Costs? Stacy Dale, Randall Brown and Barbara Phillips Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. June 2004 PDF Version

Prepared for: John Tambornino, Project OfficerOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Health and Human Services Prepared by: David A. Long and Tammy Ouellette Abt Associates Inc.

Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips, Jennifer Schore and Barbara Carlson Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. May 2004 This report was prepared under contract HHS-100-95-0046 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the University of Maryland.