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...

Presents consumer characteristics and describes consumers' experiences, including who received the cash allowance, how they spent it, and their satisfaction with the program. Discusses how program features addressed key policy concerns about consumer direction in the Medicaid program.

To improve labor market outcomes of people with disabilities, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. Immediately following enactment, the wages of people with disabilities decreased, but longer-term wage consequences have not been studied. Using data from the March...

The fourth annual report of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Evaluation includes analyses on (1) program implementation for the first five years; (2) descriptions of MFP participants and costs and types of services received; (3) trend analyses to detect shifts in the balance of state long-term...

In 2007, the federal government funded programs in 30 states and the District of Columbia under the Money Follows the Person demonstration to support the transition of Medicaid beneficiaries in long-term institutional care to home and community-based settings. This report describes variation in...

The fourth annual report of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Evaluation includes analyses on (1) program implementation for the first five years; (2) descriptions of MFP participants and costs and types of services received; (3) trend analyses to detect shifts in the balance of state long-term...