Congress mandated in the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA) that the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conduct an independent comprehensive study of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The evaluation was funded through the $10...

Presents results from the six-year evaluation, noting that the programs filled important gaps in services, that strong program administration and leadership are associated with better implementation and outcomes, and that coordination with existing clinical services is important.

To help transform primary care delivery and support the patient-centered medical home, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act supports adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records. This brief offers policy options that could ensure health...

Patients in Medicare HMOs who experience strokes are more likely to be discharged to nursing homes and less likely to go to rehabilitation facilities following the acute event. However, they have similar survival patterns compared with comparable patients in FFS settings after adjusting for...

Telemedicine may hold promise for reducing access barriers for chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries. To evaluate the effectiveness of home telemedicine, Congress mandated a two-phase demonstration to improve primary care for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes living in medically underserved...