Reports

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Autonomy of Abandonment: Changing Perspectives on Delegation Donna L. Wagner, Ph.D., Pamela Nadash, B.Phil., and Charles Sabatino, J.D. National Council on the Aging July 1997 PDF Version (82 PDF pages)

This report describes the experience of selected state governments in regulating provider-owned health care delivery systems that accept insurance risk for the provision or arrangement of health care services. We refer to these entities as Provider-Sponsored Organizations (PSOs).

STATE REGULATORY EXPERIENCE WITH PROVIDER-SPONSORED ORGANIZATIONS FINAL REPORT Prepared under HHS Contract No. 100-93-0012 for: The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

By Allen W. Harden of the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago and Rebecca L. Clark and Karen Maguire of The Urban Institute for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, June 20, 1997.

Volume I. NARRATIVE REPORTS IntroductionThis report presents the results of work pursued by analysts at two separate research institutions in a collaboration designed to provide the best information available to describe the children living without a parent in kinship care arrangements in the United States.

The 1997 Denver Summit of the Eight provided an opportunity to foster a shift in our thinking about what it means to be "elderly," to focus on incentives for fostering active aging, and to identify potential areas of international collaboration for future research and information sharing.

by Ann Rosewater, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Active Aging: A Shift in the Paradigm May 1997 PDF Version (17 PDF pages)

Authors: Thomas M. Fraker Lucia A. Nixon Jan L. Losby Carol S. Prindle John F. Else Submitted to: Iowa Department of Human Services Division of Economic Assistance

[Click here to download a zipped WordPerfect 5.1 version of this report] A Report to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

This report summarizes the insights and conclusions drawn from a project to asses unmet needs for supply-side information on the health system. The project focused on identifying how information needs associated with a changing health care system are perceived by providers, insurers, purchasers, consumers, and government at various levels. The project is intended to help the HHS Data Council.

This report summarizes the insights and conclusions drawn from a project to asses unmet needs for supply-side information on the health system. The project focused on identifying how information needs associated with a changing health care system are perceived by providers, insurers, purchasers, consumers, and government at various levels.

INTRODUCTION This is the second edition of an annual report from HHS on trends in the well-being of our nation's children and youth. The report presents the most recent and reliable estimates on more than 80 indicators of well-being.

Draft for Public Comment  Information Policy Committee National Information Infrastructure Task Force"Executive SummaryThe information revolution is underway.

This is a limited analytic study of the role of reinsurance (and similar coverages) in three insurance markets: primary health insurance coverage offered by indemnity insurance companies; health insurance coverage offered by health maintenance organizations; and health benefits coverage offered by employer-sponsored self-insured plans.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Laudan Y. Aron and Krista K. Olson The Urban Institute March 1997

A How-to Guide Work First How to Implement an Employment-Focused Approach to Welfare Reform Amy Brown Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation

Laudan Y. Aron and Krista K. Olson The Urban Institute March 1997 The research reported here was prepared under contract with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with additional support from the Office of Community Services and the National Institute of Justice.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assessment of the Policy Implications of Alternative Functional Definitions of Disability for Children: Final Report Ruth E.K. Stein, M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine March 1997 PDF Version (50 PDF pages)

Catherine Hawes, Angela Greene, Merry Wood, and Cynthia Woodsong

Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) are presently becoming a more viable option for seekers of long-term care for the elderly. CCRCs have been recognized for their unique strategy of combining various levels of health care within one community setting, as well as their potential for providing cost-effective care.

Catherine Hawes, Angela Greene, Merry Wood, and Cynthia Woodsong Research Triangle Institute

Foreword The Department is pleased to present Performance Improvement 1997: Evaluation Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services--the second annual report documenting the evaluation efforts of all the HHS agencies and offices.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Continuing Care Retirement Communities: A Background and Summary of Current Issues Jacquelyn Sanders U.S. Department of Health and Human Services February 24, 1997 PDF Version (40 PDF pages)

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This compendium is published by the Office of Disability, Aging and Long Term Care Policy within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation/HHS. It summarizes the status of current research, the results of research projects sponsored from 1992 1996, and highlights future research plans. Previous editions of this booklet were issued in 1988 and 1992.

As long-term care expenditures have risen, policymakers have sought ways to control costs while maintaining consumer satisfaction. Concurrently, there is increasing interest within the aging and disability communities in consumer-directed care.

To better understand the effect of managed care on people with disabilities, staff from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Health Care Financing Administration, have developed research and evaluation efforts focused on managed care and people with disabilities.

Pertaining to The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191)

Final report Prepared under Contract HHS-100-95-0036 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Government Research Looks at Effects of Managed Care

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HHS Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy

(ASPE Research Notes, Volume 15) [5 PDF pages]

HHS Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy Health Care Financing Administration American Association of Retired Persons

  ASPE Research Notes INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKERS FOCUS ON: Health Insurance Issued November 1996 Health Insurance in 1994 from the Current Populati

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

by Sandra J. Clark, Martha R. Burt, Margaret M. Schulte and Karen Maguire of the Urban Institute for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, October, 1996.