Cash and Counseling Demonstration

Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Provides discussion and estimates of several Congressional proposals on prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries.

Barbara Phillips and Barbara Schneider Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. May 2002 This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-95-0046 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the University of Maryland.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HIGHLIGHTS: Inventory of Consumer-Directed Support Programs

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services INDEPENDENT CHOICES: National Symposium on Consumer-Directed Care and Self-Determination for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Summary Report

Contents Findings in Brief Background Program Approaches and Implementation Features Research Designs and Samples Five-Year Effects on Use of Employment-Related Services and Costs

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

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.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Differences Among Services and Policies in High Privacy or High Service Assisted Living Facilities

Gary Smith, Janet O'Keeffe, Letty Carpenter, Pamela Doty, Gavin Kennedy, Brian Burwell, Robert Mollica and Loretta Williams George Washington University, Center for Health Policy Research This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-97-0015 between the U.S.