Reports

Background The Homebuilders Model Evaluation Design Site Descriptions The Families Service Provision Findings Implications

Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Room 450G, HHH Building 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Submitted by: Westat, Inc. 1650 Research Boulevard Rockville, MD 20850

For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 45 CFR Subtitle A, Subchapter C, is amended as follows:"Part 160 – General Administrative Requirements1. Part 160 is revised to read as follows:PART 160 – GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTSSubpart A – General Provisions

Prepared by Gregory Acs and Pamela Loprest The Urban Institute 2100 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037

This document presents the findings and proposals of a multi-agency Working Group (WG) convened by the Office of Science Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation to develop a proposed response by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) Report entitled Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders

This document presents the findings and proposals of a multi-agency Working Group (WG) convened by the Office of Science Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation to develop a proposed response by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) Report entitled Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders That

By Jon Morgenstern1, Annette Riordan2, Dominick Dephilippis3, Thomas W. Irwin1, Kimberly A. Blanchard1, Barbara S. McCrady4, Katharine H. McVeigh4

By Jon Morgenstern1, Annette Riordan2, Barbara S. McCrady3, Katharine H. McVeigh3, Kimberly A. Blanchard1, Thomas W. Irwin1

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