The Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funds heart disease and stroke prevention programs to help states develop, implement, track, and promote public policy that addresses cardiovascular disease. In this article, learn how...

This report uses Medicaid Analytic eXtract data to provide basic information about American Indian and Alaska Native Medicaid enrollees and their use of Medicaid-financed long-term care services. The data suggest that American Indian/Alaska Native Medicaid recipients use long-term care services...

This brief examines the differences in the use and cost of personal assistance services in states that do and do not provide these services through their state plans. States that offer these services through their state plans appear to provide them to a greater number of beneficiaries at a lower...

This brief examines the differences in the use and cost of personal assistance services in states that do and do not provide these services through their state plans. States that offer these services through their state plans appear to provide them to a greater number of beneficiaries at a lower...

This annual report shows that the national Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration, now in its fourth full year of implementation, appears to be achieving its broad goals. They include (1) transitioning people who need long-term care and supports from institutions to the community, and (2)...

Challenges remain in reducing disparities in maternal and child health outcomes. Further attention to risk factors associated with LBW (especially smoking) may help close the gaps. The life course theory suggests that improved outcomes may require longer-term investments. Healthy Start’s...