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Implementation of the 1997 Balanced Budget Act's home health provisions dramatically reduced Medicare home health utilization and led to closures of many agencies. This paper examined the potential effects of the agency closings on beneficiary utilization rates. Findings suggest that agency closings, per se, had only a very small impact on changes in utilization rates between 1996 and 1999.

Contents Key Questions and Findings Policy Relevance Future Research Endnote

Prepared by: Lisa A. Gennetian Senior Research Associate MDRC Prepared for:U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

This study describes policies and practices in Connecticut, Minnesota, and Texas designed to coordinate the child support enforcement program, Medicaid, and SCHIP in order to secure and sustain appropriate health care coverage for child support-eligible children.

Understanding Different Estimates of Uninsured Children: Putting the Differences in Context Acknowledgments: ASPE would like to thank those reviewers at the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and the Census Bureau whose helpful comments and expertise contributed greatly to this document.

Child Support and TANF Interaction: Literature Review Prepared for: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Prepared by: The Lewin Group Mary Farrel, Asaph Glosser, and Karen Gardiner under subcontract to Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation April 11, 2003

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.

Contents Study Design Rationale for Privatization Deciding the Scope and Size of Contracts The Contractors Promoting Competition Ensuring Effective and Fair Procurements

Brenda C. Spillman Urban Institute February 3, 2003 This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-97-0010 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy and the Urban Institute.

This report explores one key dimension of access to public benefits  the application and eligibility determination process. Of particular interest is how local-level administrative procedures and operations may generally affect eligible families access to benefits. Special consideration is given to exploring these issues as they relate to immigrants and limited English speakers.