Reports

This report was prepared under contract #HHSP23320100021WI between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and Research Triangle Institute. Additional funding was provided by the HHS Office of Health Policy.

On Friday, November 16, 2012, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) ofthe U.S.

Por: Ashley Henderson, Wilma Robinson, y Kenneth Finegold, ASPE

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This brief describes key federal and state immigrant eligibility provisions to help inform policymakers, program administrators and communities serving immigrant families and children. It provides an overview of the variability across states regarding immigrant eligibility for SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, and CHIP. [12 PDF pages]

  ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Overview of Immigrants Eligibility for SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, and CHIP March 2012

ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF Young Adults Are Particularly Likely to Gain Stable Health Insurance Coverage as a Result of the Affordable Care Act March 2012 By: Karyn Schwartz and Benjamin D. Sommers, ASPE

The Affordable Care Act includes several provisions that are expected to significantly improve women's health. The Affordable Care Act improves coverage for important preventive services and maternity care, promotes higher quality care for older women, and ends the gender discrimination that requires women to pay more for the same insurance coverage as men.

By: Alison Cuellar, Adelle Simmons, and Kenneth Finegold, ASPE Abstract

ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Understanding Participation Rates in Medicaid: Implications for the Affordable Care Act March 2012 By: Ben Sommers, Rick Kronick, Kenneth Finegold, Rosa Po, Karyn Schwartz, and Sherry Glied

This brief describes implementation findings from the evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners (MFS-IP).В  It documents approaches to teaching relationship skills among incarcerated and reentering fathers and their families.В  The multi-year implementation and impact evaluation of the MFS

The Affordable Care Act prohibits health plans from putting a lifetime dollar limit on most benefits received by Americans in any health plan renewing on or after September 23, 2010. While some plans already provided coverage with no limits on lifetime benefits, millions of Americans were previously in health plans that did not.

ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Under The Affordable Care Act, 105 Million Americans No Longer Face Lifetime Limits on Health Benefits March 2012 By: Thomas D. Musco and Benjamin D. Sommers, ASPE

This Issue Paper describes innovative approaches to establishing SSI eligibility. [33 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper describes the ways that Medicaid is being used now and might be used in the future under provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to serve chronically homeless people. [67 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper describes innovative approaches to establishing SSI eligibility. [33 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper describes three subgroups of the people experiencing chronic homelessness, and the services and housing configurations currently supporting them. [48 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper looks at innovative ways that public housing agencies are supporting housing for formerly homeless people in the communities the researchers visited. [29 PDF pages]

This Issue Paper describes three subgroups of the people experiencing chronic homelessness, and the services and housing configurations currently supporting them.

This Issue Paper looks at innovative ways that public housing agencies are supporting housing for formerly homeless people in the communities the researchers visited.

This Issue Paper describes the ways that Medicaid is being used now and might be used in the future under provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to serve chronically homeless people. [67 PDF pages]

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

This brief reviews the literature on the cost of contraceptive coverage in private and public health insurance programs.  This brief was written by John Bertko, F.S.A., M.A.A.A., Director of Special Initiatives and Pricing in the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Sherry Glied, Ph.D., Assistant

M. Susan Ridgely , Rosalie Liccardo Pacula , and M. Audrey Burnam RAND Corporation

ASPE ISSUE BRIEF Medicare Beneficiary Savings and the Affordable Care Act February 2012

By: Fredrik Andersson Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury   Matthew Freedman Cornell University   Julia Lane National Science Foundation Susan Hauan Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services

This Issue Brief provides estimates of Medicare Parts A, B, and D savings from the Affordable Care Act to seniors and people living with disabilities enrolled in traditional Medicare.

The increasing labor supply of single mothers in the US labor market in the 1990s is well documented, but due to data deficiencies it generally has been difficult to track the progress in the labor market of this group.

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 describes the extent to which Medicaid beneficiaries with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in 22 states received evidence-based treatment using 2007 Medicaid claims data. This brief was prepared by Allison Barrett and Jonathan Brown of Mathematica Policy Research. Other members of the research team included Emily Caffery, Kerianne Hourihan, and Henry Ireys.

This ASPE Research Brief, written by Susan Hauan of ASPE and Fredrik Andersson of the Department of Treasury, presents research findings on the relationship between the past work experiences of single mothers and their subsequent employment and earnings outcomes.

This paper reviews the literature on effectiveness on existing models of affordable housing with health or supportive services. The review found a range of program models, including a variety of types of services, and delivery methods (congregate or scattered-site).

This paper reviews the literature on effectiveness on existing models of affordable housing with health or supportive services. The review found a range of program models, including a variety of types of services, and delivery methods (congregate or scattered-site).

Despite enormous expenditures and innovations in treatment, the United States health care system does not consistently deliver effective treatment to individuals with serious mental illnesses.

   

Despite enormous expenditures and innovations in treatment, the United States health care system does not consistently deliver effective treatment to individuals with serious mental illnesses. Health care reform promises to make insurance benefits newly available to many, eliminate inequitable

ASPE Research Brief By: Tamara G. Halle, Elizabeth C. Hair, Margaret Buchinal, Rachel Anderson, and Martha Zaslow  

ASPE Research Brief Exploring the Evidence for Thresholds of School Readines By: Tamara G. Halle, Elizabeth C. Hair, Margaret Buchinal, Rachel Anderson, and Martha Zaslow

This report examines and assesses the often overlooked potential of assistive technology (AT) to benefit unpaid family caregivers who assist chronically disabled elders living at home. Although research has identified benefits, only a handful of publicly-funded family caregiver support programs give much attention to enabling caregivers’ access to AT.

Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology

This research brief summarizes findings related to 'thresholds' of school readiness from a larger ASPE study on this topic called 'In the Running for Successful Outcomes.' The In the Running project's findings contribute to an emerging picture of school readiness skills and developmental trajectories.