Reports

This report presents results of efforts to match Medicare and Medicaid data for 1996. It describes the data sets and methods used in the study; presents the results for physician (medical), outpatient, and inpatient claims; and briefly concludes the analysis. [33 PDF pages]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Feasibility of Matching Medicare and Medicaid Data for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries in Oregon

  Linking State-Level Health Expenditure and Utilization Data to Identify Sources of Variation in Health Service Prices, Utilization, and Expenditures     Len M. Nichols, Ph.D.*

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This paper examines risk selection among managed care plans for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries in Tennessee's Medicaid managed care program, TennCare, focusing in particular on TennCare's first two years (starting January 1994 and ending January 1996).

ForewordPerformance Improvement 1999: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the fifth 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, activities, and strategies.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Risk Selection Among SSI Enrollees in TennCare

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This article is excerpted from the speech “Lifelong Wellness and Disability” (November 1998). It discusses how those with a disability could strive for good health. (Window on Wellness, Spring 1999, page 19). [6 PDF pages]

This paper explains some of the major reasons why estimates of uninsured children from four federal surveys differ and explores the strengths and weaknesses of each survey. (ASPE Research Notes, Volume 21) [7 PDF pages]

The target population for the National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly encompassed eligible assisted living facilities (ALFs) with 11 or more beds operating in the United States at the time of screening and data collection (Spring and Summer, 1998), as well as their operators, residents, staff members, and families of residents.

ASPE funded the Urban Institute to synthesize trends and issues with Medicare post-acute care benefits. Rapidly rising expenditures for home health, skilled nursing facility, and rehabilitation and long-term care hospital services have caused policymakers to focus considerable attention on these benefits.

SUMMARY OF A WORKSHOP Baruch Fischhoff, Nancy A. Crowell, and Michele Kipke, Editors Board on Children, Youth, and Families Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education National Research Council Institute of Medicine

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Health Insurance Issued January 1999 Understanding Estimates of Uninsured Children: Putting the Differences in Context PDF Version:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

THE STATE OF THE FIELD Contents Defining Positive Youth Development Selecting Programs for Review Program Findings Evaluation Findings Summary The past 30 years have see

by Richard F. Catalano, Ph.D. M. Lisa Berglund, Ph.D. Jeanne A.M. Ryan, M.S.C.I.S. Heather S. Lonczak, M.A. J. David Hawkins, Ph.D.

 

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 Annual Report on Welfare Indicators, October 1998 is the second of these annual reports.

Terri S. Thompson, Pamela A. Holcomb, Pamela Loprest and Kathleen Brennan The Urban Institute   This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-95-0021 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the Urban Institute.

This brochure is intended to familiarize State decisionmakers with low-income uninsured children with disabilities so that they have essential information about these children as they develop and implement CHIP plans. It describes uninsured children with disabilities, their numbers, their needs, and how opportunities presented by CHIP can help. [10 PDF pages]

Stephen H. Long and M. Susan Marquis with Ellen R. Harrison, Peter D. Jacobson, and Jennifer S. Sloan The Rand Corporations Prepared for the Health Care Financing Administration(now known as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS)) under Contract 500-95-0056, Task Order 4. 

Annual Report to Congress October 1998 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services "

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The HomeRebuilders project was an ambitious effort to test a major reform of the foster care system in New York City. In 1993, the New York State Department of Social Services (DSS) and the New York City Child Welfare Administration began testing a new approach to the financing of services to foster children and their birth families based on concepts from managed care.

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This publication summarizes the results of a study, conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, to examine the availability of and funding for home- and community-based services for people with AIDS.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

MEMORANDUM FROM THE SECRETARY August 26, 1998 TO: Heads of Operating Divisions   Heads of Staff Divisions

This paper updates an earlier summary of the National Long-Term Care Surveys (NLTCS) entitled "The National Long-Term Care Surveys (1982, 1984, 1989)" (1992). The NLTCS--conducted in 1982, 1984, 1989, and 1994--are nationally representative surveys of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 or over with chronic functional disabilities (sometimes referred to as the "frail elderly").

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services An Introduction to the National Long-Term Care Surveys Robert F. Clark August 21, 1998 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/nltcssu2.pdf (15 PDF pages)

[Federal Register: August 12, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 155)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 43241-43280] [DOCID:fr12au98P] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 142 [HCFA-0049-P] RIN 0938-AI57 Security and Electronic Signature Standards

Introduction - Significance of Diversion Programs The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193, PRWORA) ended the individual entitlement to welfare benefits under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), established by the Social Security Act of 1935.

This paper explains differences between the counts of persons in poverty as published by the Census Bureau, and the counts one gets when doing a simple tabulation of the public use CPS file. (ASPE Research Notes, Volume 20) [5 PDF pages]

An Interim Report of the Findings of the First Phase of the Research The George Washington University Center for Health Policy Research, August 1998

This paper explains differences between the counts of persons in poverty as published by the Census and the counts one gets when doing a simple tabulation of the public use CPS file.

Robert Coulam, Carol Irvin, Michele Teitelbaum, Laurine Thomas and Tanisha Carino Abt Associates Inc. July 28, 1998 This report was prepared under contract #500-96-0003 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and Abt Associates Inc.

This project evaluates the District of Columbia's managed care demonstration program for disabled and special needs children. The demonstration program relies on a Medicaid-financed managed care system for children in the District's Supplemental Security Income program and is offered to eligible children as an alternative to the traditional Medicaid fee-for-service system.