The Cash and Counseling Demonstration gives Medicaid beneficiaries who are eligible for personal care services a consumer-directed allowance in lieu of traditional agency services. Using survey and Medicaid claims data on 2,008 adult applicants randomly assigned to treatment or control groups,...

Before Medicare Part D, Congress authorized the Medicare disease management demonstration to evaluate whether disease management programs—in conjunction with a comprehensive prescription drug benefit—could improve health outcomes and reduce Medicare expenditures. The demonstration...

This Highlight focuses on how North Carolina and Pennsylvania are testing how well the Children's Electronic Health Record (EHR) Format's requirements support the provision of primary care to children and how readily the requirements can be incorporated into existing EHRs.

California's Health-e-App Public Access (HeA PA) system enables low-income families to apply online for publicly funded children's health insurance. Findings from a study funded by the California Healthcare Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation have implications for Affordable...

This is the second brief in a series about the first year of California’s Health-e-App Public Access (HeA PA) self-service, public health benefits enrollment system, following its introduction in December 2010. It describes HeA PA applicants and their experiences with the tool. Findings...

This is the second brief in a series about the first year of California’s Health-e-App Public Access (HeA PA) self-service, public health benefits enrollment system, following its introduction in December 2010. It describes HeA PA applicants and their experiences with the tool. Findings...

California's Health-e-App Public Access (HeA PA) system enables low-income families to apply online for publicly funded children's health insurance. Findings from a study funded by the California Healthcare Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation have implications for Affordable...