Evidence-Based Policies & Practices

Jonathan D. Brown, Allison Barrett, Henry Ireys, Emily Caffery, and Kerianne Hourihan Mathematica Policy Research April 9, 2012  

As the largest payer of mental health services in the United States, Medicaid programs have an opportunity to promote high-quality care for serious and persistent mental illnesses (SPMI) through the use of reimbursement strategies and policies that encourage the delivery of evidence-based practices (EBPs).

This Issue Brief examines the evidence-based research for treating common mental health conditions experienced by victims of human trafficking. This was a topic identified at the National Symposium on the Health Needs of Human Trafficking Victims sponsored by ASPE and held in Washington, DC, September 22-23, 2008. [13 PDF pages]

This Issue Brief examines the procedures and protocols that currently exist for assessing and treating victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in health care settings in an effort to begin evaluating their applicability to victims of human trafficking.

  Strategies for Increasing TANF Work Participation Rates Achieving Higher TANF Work Participation Rates: Case Studies from Maryland and Utah December 2008 By: Jacqueline Kauff and Michelle K. Derr Mathematica Policy Research

The study provides public programs, employers and private insurers with effective best practices used in Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, and the private insurance market to improve participation in health insurance coverage.

This Issue Brief focuses on the identification of international and domestic victims of human trafficking in the U.S, looking at the various challenges as well as promising practices to identifying this population.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services