Reports

ForewordPerformance Improvement 2001: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the seventh annual report to Congress summarizing previous fiscal year evaluation efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with evaluative information on the Department’s programs, policies, and strategies.

Contents Designing Employment-Focused Programs for NCPs Getting NCPs to Participate Full Range of Services in Comprehensive Programs Conclusion The Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants Program, authorized by the Balanced Budget Act of 1

This brief is based on Mathematica's evaluation of Cash and Counseling, a three-state demonstration in which Medicaid enrollees eligible for personal assistance services and other paid help around the home and community get a monthly cash allowance to purchase these services and related goods, instead of obtaining them through a home care agency.

Shoshanna Sofaer,Dr.P.H., Barbara Kreling, and Martha Carmel, M.S.P.H. Baruch College School of Public Affairs

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Administration for Children and Families (ACF) andAssistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

Robert E. Hurley, Ph.D.  Department of Health Administration Virginia Commonwealth University  Paper prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of DHHS.

A Report to the Congressional Appropriations Committees Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services December 2000

Final Report Prepared for: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services Contract Number: HHS-10-97-0012 Prepared by: The Lewin Group, Inc.

Amy Dworsky and Mark E. Courtney Institute for Research on Poverty University of Wisconsin-Madison December 2000

TANF Leavers, Applicants, and Caseload Studies: Preliminary Analysis of Racial Differences in Caseload Trends and Leaver Outcomes By Elizabeth Lower-BaschOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Text Last Revised: December 2000

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Why is a standard employer identifier needed for electronic health transactions?Employers, as sponsors of health insurance for their employees, often need to be identified in health care transactions, and a standard identifier for employers would be beneficial for transactions exchanged electronically.

What is the National Provider Identifier (NPI)?Today, health plans assign identification numbers to health care providers -- individuals, groups, or organizations that provide medical or other health services or supplies. The result is that providers who do business with multiple health plans have multiple identification numbers.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report gives a description of the policies and practices, residents, and staff in the segment of the assisted living facility (ALF) industry that provides the highest level of services and privacy. It reports data on a nationally representative sample of residents and staff in ALFs classified as providing relatively high services or offering a high privacy environment.

The focus of this short analytic report differs in that it attempts to address, at least in an initial fashion, what types of assisted living facilities, among those in our sample, have characteristics that might be appealing to either consumers or policymakers focusing on consumers= needs.

Catherine Hawes, Ph.D. and Charles D. Phillips, Ph.D., M.P.H. Texas A&M University System Health Science Center Miriam Rose, M.Ed. Myers Research Institute

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Differences Among Services and Policies in High Privacy or High Service Assisted Living Facilities

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services High Service or High Privacy Assisted Living Facilities, Their Residents and Staff: Results from a National Survey

Recent studies of health insurance regulation all have concluded that state regulation of insurance issue, renewal and rating in general either reduces health insurance coverage or, on net, has no impact on coverage.

What Impact HIPAA? State Regulation and Private Health Insurance Coverage among Adults by Deborah J. Chollet, Ph.D. Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Ph.D. Adele M. Kirk, M.A.

by Deborah J. Chollet, Ph.D. Mathematica Policy Research Adele M. Kirk, M.A. University of California at Los Angeles Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Ph.D. Michigan State University

by Deborah J. Chollet, Ph.D. Mathematica Policy Research Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Ph.D. Michigan State University and

[Federal Register: August 17, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 160)] [Final Rule] [Page 50312-50372] [DOCID:fr17au00R] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 and 162

This paper describes the experiences of 194 early clients in the Arkansas Cash and Counseling Demonstration, IndependentChoices. The description is based on the clients' responses to a telephone survey conducted about nine months after they applied to enter the program and were randomly assigned to the demonstration's treatment group to receive a monthly cash allowance.

This Primer is designed to encourage use of the Medicaid program in a manner that minimizes reliance on institutions and maximizes community integration in a cost-effective manner.

Pamela Doty

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Second Chance Homes U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Gary Smith, Janet O'Keeffe, Letty Carpenter, Pamela Doty, Gavin Kennedy, Brian Burwell, Robert Mollica and Loretta Williams George Washington University, Center for Health Policy Research This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-97-0015 between the U.S.

CONSUMER PROTECTION IN PRIVATE INSURANCE: STATE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE A Report for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Health and Human Services Contract No. HHS 100-97-0005 By: Stephanie Lewis, J.D., M.H.S.A. Karen Pollitz, M.P.P.

Second Chance Homes: Providing Services for Teenage Parents and Their Children U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation October 2000

This is a historical document - the current HHS Strategic Plan is available at http://aspe.hhs.gov/hhsplan/

Alabama A. Statutory Rape - Criminal OffensesAn individual is deemed incapable of consent if he or she is less than 16 years of age,[38] with the following exceptions:

What is a code set?Under HIPAA, a "code set" is any set of codes used for encoding data elements, such as tables of terms, medical concepts, medical diagnosis codes, or medical procedure codes.

Contents Data and Methods Results Policy Implications Areas for Future Research Limitations of This Study Conclusion Children in foster care are of special interest to po

Why have national standards for electronic health care transactions been adopted and why are they required?Congress and the health care industry have agreed that standards for the electronic exchange of administrative and financial health care transactions are needed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system.

Members of Congress and others have expressed frustration over the slow progress of the Medicare + Choice program, which makes managed care options available to senior citizens. In particular, critics have been disappointed by the low penetration rate for Medicare managed care.