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Projections of Poverty and Program Eligibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the slowdown in economic activity have impacted the well-being of many U.S. families. Unemployment peaked at 14.7 percent in April, and remained above 8 percent in August. The CARES Act and the Family First Coronavirus Response Act used several short-term policy strategies to address this challenge.
HHS Standard Values for Regulatory Analysis
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) analyzes the benefits, costs, and other impacts of significant proposed and final rulemakings, consistent with the requirements of several executive orders and statutes. HHS develops these analyses according to technical guidance published by the U.S.
Guidelines for Regulatory Impact Analysis Supplement: Addressing International Effects
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This report extends the brief discussion of addressing international effects contained in the Department of Health and Human Service Guidelines for Regulatory Impact Analysis (2016). The purpose of this supplement is to expand that discussion and provide more detailed information on conducting such assessments.
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The HHS Hubert H. Humphrey Building Cafeteria Experience: Incorporation of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 into Federal Food Service Guidelines.
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ASPE Report The HHS Hubert H.
Application of Adult-Based Dietary Guidelines to Children: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications
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Application of Adult-Based Dietary Guidelines to Children: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications Prepared by: Ronette R. Briefel, Allison Hedley Dodd, Charlotte Cabili and Carol West Suitor
22nd Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors Report to Congress
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This report provides welfare dependence indicators through 2019 for most indicators and through 2020 for other indicators, reflecting changes that have taken place since enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996.
Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services: Convening Findings
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This brief highlights key themes and ideas from a Health and Human Services (HHS) Convening on Advancing Primary Prevention in Human Services in August 2022. With a particular focus on prevention of youth and family homelessness, the convening featured the perspectives of academic experts, program administrators, federal colleagues, and people with lived expertise.
Addressing Uncertainty in Regulatory Impact Analysis
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In 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finalized its Guidelines for Regulatory Impact Analysis under the leadership of its Assistant Secretary for Planning Evaluation and Analytics Team. The Guidelines discuss strategies for characterizing the uncertainty in quantified effects as well as the potential impacts of non-quantified effects.
Valuing COVID-19 Mortality and Morbidity Risk Reductions in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Regulatory Impact Analyses
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This report develops an approach for valuing COVID-19 mortality and morbidity risk reductions based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Guidelines for Regulatory Impact Analysis. Valuing risk reductions associated with regulations or other policies that address the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presents major challenges.
COVID-19 Intensifies Home Care Workforce Challenges: Policy Perspectives Issue Brief
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Action Against Asthma: A Strategic Plan for the Department of Health and Human Services
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PrologueWe are facing an asthma epidemic. Through newspaper stories and personal experiences, we hear more about asthma every day. A child at school has an asthma attack in the classroom. The radio reports an air pollution alert, warning anyone with breathing problems to stay indoors. The local school board debates a policy on students carrying inhaler medications.
Fifty-Four Million Additional Americans Are Receiving Preventive Services Without Cost-Sharing Under The Affordable Care Act
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ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Fifty-Four Million Additional Americans Are Receiving Preventive Services Coverage Without Cost-Sharing Under The Affordable Care Act February 2012 By: Benjamin D. Sommers and Lee Wilson ASPE
Characteristics of Low-Wage Workers and Their Labor Market Experiences: Evidence from the Mid- to Late 1990s
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Seventy-one million additional Americans are receiving preventive services coverage without cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act
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The Affordable Care Act ensures that most insurance plans (so-called ‘non-grandfathered’ plans) provide coverage for and eliminate cost-sharing on certain reco
Social Risk Factors and Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs
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Background: Request from Congress for a Study of Social Risk Factors and Medicare’s Value-based Purchasing Programs
There is growing recognition that social risk factors – such as poverty, minority race and/or ethnicity, social isolation, and limited community resources – play a major role in health, and significant gaps remain in health and in life expectancy based on poverty, race,
State Residential Treatment for Behavioral Health Conditions: Regulation and Policy Environmental Scan
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November 2019
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Social Risk Factors and Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs: Peer Reviewed Publications
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Zuckerman RB, Wu S, Chen LM, Joynt Maddox KE, Sheingold SH, Epstein AM. The Five-Star Skilled Nursing Facility Rating System and Care of Disadvantaged Populations. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018.
Inpatient Bed Tracking: State Responses to Need for Inpatient Care
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Inpatient Bed Tracking: State Responses to Need for Inpatient Care Tami Mark, PhD, Shilpi Misra, BS, Jennifer Howard, PhD, Erin Mallonee, MS, and Sarita L.
Opioid Abuse in the U.S. and HHS Actions to Address Opioid-Drug Related Overdoses and Deaths
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ASPE Issue Brief: Opioid Abuse in the U.S. and HHS Actions to Address Opioid-Drug Related Overdoses and Deaths (PDF-12 Pages)