Reports

This Issue Brief highlights basic facts about direct care workers.

This report provides a review of available information on self-directed care (SDC) programs in mental health care settings and discusses potential policy implications of large-scale implementation of SDC programs serving persons with serious mental illness.

The Affordable Care Act ensures that most insurance plans (so-called ‘non-grandfathered’ plans) provide coverage for and eliminate cost-sharing on certain recommended preventive health services, beginning on or after September 23, 2010.

ASPE ISSUE BRIEF     Abstract The Affordable Care Act ensures that most insurance plans (so-called ‘non-grandfathered’ plans) provide coverage for and eliminate cost-sharing on certain reco

ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF   Abstract This brief presents findings from the evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners.

Report from the Task Force on Specific Populations

The National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease requires the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the Administration for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) within the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to establish a task force to create a plan of action to address the needs of specific populations disproportionally affected by Alzheim

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By: Rose Chu and Richard Kronick

The Affordable Care Act builds on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 to extend federal parity protections to 62 million Americans. The parity law aims to ensure that when coverage for mental health and substance use conditions is provided, it is generally comparable to coverage for medical and surgical care.

By: Kirsten Beronio, Rosa Po, Laura Skopec, Sherry Glied

This document explains various considerations for states deciding between SIPP and state administrative data, how to use the eligibility templates provided by CMS for the MAGI-based eligibility conversion process, and the steps that states wishing to perform the conversions using state Medicaid and CHIP data will need to follow.

ASPE Issue Brief Data Sources for Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Conversions February 2013

This document explains various considerations for states deciding between SIPP and state administrative data, how to use the eligibility templates provided by CMS for the MAGI-based eligibility conversion process, and the steps that states wishing to perform the conversions using state Medicaid and CHIP data will need to follow.

By: Joseph Durlak   This research brief discusses some of the fundamentals of quality program implementation that have been identified through research and practice and that may be useful for practitioners and researchers alike.

By: Mike Davern   Through an environmental scan and a technical expert panel meeting, this project identified major data sources and indicators that currently exist at the state level to measure access to care for Medicaid beneficiaries; assessed how well they performed acr

By: Child Trends, Inc   In April 2011, the U.S.

By: Karen Blase and Dean Fixsen   This brief is part of a series that explores key implementation considerations important to consider when replicating evidence-based programs for children and youth.

ASPE Issue Brief Growth In Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Continues To Hit Historic Lows January 7, 2013 By: Richard Kronick and Rosa Po Summary

   

Over the 20 year period 1984-2004, use of assistive devices by older Americans (age 65 and older) residing in the community increased greatly. In 1984, 72% of chronically disabled older Americans made some use of assistive devices, with or without additional human help to perform activities of

Over the 20 year period 1984-2004, use of assistive devices by older Americans (age 65 and older) residing in the community increased greatly.

By: Lesley Freiman, Laura Harris, Amanda Mireles, Susan Popkin This brief provides an overview of the Housing Assistance and Supportive Services in Memphis project and presents all of the project findings. Three related technical appendices contain additional information on the focus group materials, project maps, and the assessment phase.

By: Lesley Freiman, Laura Harris, Amanda Mireles, Susan Popkin   This standalone document from the Housing Assistance and Supportive Services in Memphis project synthesizes the literature and recent research on how to provide services to people in HUD-assisted housing."

This issue brief summarizes recent trends in: a) the degree to which physicians accept new Medicare and privately insured patients; and b) Medicare beneficiaries’ access to care before and after the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. [7 PDF Pages]

This report describes how state health agencies(SHAs) and local health department(LHDs) use information technology systems to capture, manage, analyze, and report information.

By: Eric C. Schneider, Justin W. Timbie, D. Steven Fox, Kristin R. Van Busum, John P. Caloyeras

ASPE REPORT Assessing the Status and Prospects of State and Local Health Department Information Technology Infrastructure January 2013 By: NORC at the University of Chicago Abstract

ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Access to Physicians’ Services for Medicare Beneficiaries August 2013 By: Adele Shartzer, Rachael Zuckerman, Audrey McDowell, and Richard Kronick Abstract

This report presents first-year findings of the long-term evaluation of Medicaid health homes which were authorized in Section 2703 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for high-need, high-cost beneficiaries with chronic physical conditions or serious mental illness.