The Eye of the Beholder: A Discussion of Value and Quality From the Perspective of Families of Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs
There is broad agreement that increasing the cost-effectiveness and quality of health care services, thereby achieving greater value, is imperative given this country’s current spiraling costs and poor health outcomes. However, how individuals or stakeholder groups define value may differ signific [...]
HRSA Meeting Posters for the SPNS initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations
For a HRSA meeting on June 27, 2017, each SPNS demonstration site created a poster presentation outlining the model that was developed as part of the initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations. Each poster includes findings, successes and challenges a [...]
Integrating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings
Integrating Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings In 2015, Center for Advancing Health Policy and Practice was awarded funding to be the Dissemination and Evaluation Center (DEC) for the “Dissemination of Evidence Informed Interventions” project, thoug [...]
State Statutes & Regulations on Dietary Treatment of Disorders Identified Through Newborn Screening
With support from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, the Catalyst Center created a State Statutes and Regulations on Dietary Treatment of Disorders Identified through Newborn Screening chart that provides information about state-specific legislation that mandates the coverage [...]
Boston Housing Authority Resident Survey
Thank you for agreeing to complete this survey. The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) is working with Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) on a health project addressing smoke-free living and access to healthy beverages for BHA residents. This survey includes questions related to those two areas. We [...]
Fact Sheet: Health Care Reform: What’s in it for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) contains provisions that are designed to improve major gaps in the health care coverage, financing and delivery system that prevent children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) from accessing health care services or which imp [...]
Ticket to Work
A voluntary program in which qualified SSI recipients can obtain vocational rehabilitation, employment or other support services from an approved provider to help them go to work and achieve employment goals. Ticket to Work is part of the Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, which also expands M [...]
Title IV-E
Title IV-E is a subpart of Title IV. This program provides federal reimbursement to states for the costs of children receiving care in foster homes. Title IV-E description on Social Security website.
State Plan/State Plan Amendment (SPA)
A state’s Medicaid program plan, federally approved under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. A state may submit amendments to modify its plan. The state plan defines which services will be covered and the terms of eligibility for those services. While state Medicaid programs must include ce [...]
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
A federal program established under Title XVI of the Social Security Act that provides monetary benefits to eligible recipients to offset income loss due to long-term disability. It is administered by the Social Security Administration. In many states, individuals eligible for SSI automatically rece [...]
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