Reports

Report and Recommendations From the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

Effect of standards on transmission requirements (e.g., addresses)Does the Transactions Rule affect health plan transmission requirements? May a health plan continue to require health care providers to send dental claim transactions to one location (electronic mail box, etc.) and preauthorization transactions to another? 11/2/2001:

This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-97-0013 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Beyond Fair Hearings: How Five States Help Medicaid Managed Care Beneficiaries Resolve Disputes with Health Plans

Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures; Federal Matching Shares for Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and Aid to Needy, Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons for October 1, 2002 Through September 30, 2003 [Federal Register: November 30, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 231)] [Notices] [Page 59790-59793]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Contents Research Question and Methods Core Results Implications Directions for Future Research The role of alternative work arrangements  temporary help, independent contractors, on-call workers, and contract company worker

Prepared by: Julia Lane, Kelly S. Mikelson, Patrick T. Sharkey, Douglas Wissoker The Urban Institute 2100 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Role of Health Insurance in Successful Labor Force Entry and Employment Retention

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Barriers to and Supports for Work Among Adults with Disabilities: Results from the NHIS-D

OverviewChapter 1 addressed the question of why it is important to focus on the effects of JOBS programs on children. We turn now to the question of how child impacts were studied in the NEWWS Child Outcomes Study and, more specifically, in the two-year follow-up wave of the study.

Overview Welfare reform policies are sometimes referred to as "two generational" because not only are the lives of the parents changed by government welfare-to-work programs, but the lives of the children are changed as well. At the most basic level, children's time use patterns and child care patterns are likely to change.

The Lewin Group, Inc. Berkeley Policy Associates, Cornell University

Contents   Characteristics and Service Needs of Kinship Caregivers Alternative Kinship Care Program Models and Services Lessons Learned about Designing and Implementing Alternative Programs Policy Implications  

This paper first summarizes programs that provide support during the school-to-work transition period, and how they have evolved in recent years. It then presents findings from focus groups conducted with individuals who acquired a significant disability during childhood or prior to gaining significant employment experience and who subsequently achieved a measure of employment success.

The Lewin Group, Inc. Berkeley Policy Associates, Cornell University

Prepared for:Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Prepared by: Rob Geen, Pamela Holcomb, Amy Jantz, Robin Koralek, Jake Leos-Urbel, Karin Malm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Role of Supports in Successful Labor Force Entry for Youth with Disabilities

Chapter I: Introduction and Overview Background In its report for the FY 2001 Appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services, the Conference Committee added funds for the fourth year to the Policy Research account in the Office of the Secretary and directed in its report that the funding support studies of the outcomes of welfar

Contents Policy Context Rationale for Providing Mental Health Services to Welfare Recipients Methodology Overview of the Study Sites Key Choices in Designing and Providing Mental Health Services

Statement of the Problem The course of human development is not a series of random events. The lives of adults at any point in time are the result of previous choices and environmental influences.

This report profiles the efforts of four states to address the mental health needs of welfare recipients.

Final Report Michelle K. Derr Sarah Douglas LaDonna Pavetti  

Submitted by: Michael R. Pergamit, Ph.D. Lynn Huang, Ph.D. Julie Lane, Ph.D. National Opinion Research Center (NORC) University of Chicago

The Home and Community-Based Services Resource Network This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-97-0019 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the MEDSTAT Group.

Contents The Findings in Brief Historical Context of Integrated and Traditional Case Management Integrated and Traditional Case Management in Columbus The Evaluation in Columbus

This paper examines the current state of nurse practice acts and their implementing regulations to determine the extent to which they permit more consumer direction in home and community based services. This analysis may be helpful to consumers and states that are seeking ways to balance better state policies to support consumer-directed care. [38 PDF pages]

Primary care case management (PCCM) is a system of managed care used by state Medicaid agencies in which a primary care provider is responsible for approving and monitoring the care of enrolled Medicaid beneficiaries, typically for a small monthly case management fee in addition to fee-for-service reimbursement for treatment.

This package--distributed at a national conference held at the Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C. on June 10-12, 2001--was prepared by the Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Contract #HHS-100-97-0008.

Submitted to:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

June 2001 Joanne Rawlings-Sekunda, Deborah Curtis, and Neva Kaye National Academy for State Health Policy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Consumer Directed Care and Nurse Practice Acts Susan C. Reinhard, RN, PhD Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University June 2001 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2001/nursprac.pdf (38 PDF pages)

This technical assistance workshop was the fourth in a series of technical assistance workshops hosted by the Chapin Hall Center for Children for participating states in the Child Indicators Initiative. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, sponsors the Advancing States Child Indicator Initiatives Project.

Overview: Each time a patient sees a doctor, is admitted to a hospital, goes to a pharmacist or sends a claim to a health plan, a record is made of their confidential health information.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This paper provides a broad overview of the issues affecting the long-term care frontline workforce. The first section provides a profile of the workers and describes the nature of their jobs across the continuum of long-term care settings. That section is followed by a discussion of the urgency and magnitude of the problem from both short and long-term perspectives.