A new Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) chartbook summarizes the Medicaid program and the MAX data system. Developed for state Medicaid directors, policymakers, researchers, and others interested in the Medicaid program, the chartbook is a research tool and reference guide on Medicaid enrollees...

The 1996 welfare reform laws required parents under the age of 18 to live with their parents or an adult relative and enroll in school to be eligible for benefits. This article examines whether minor mothers were less likely to drop out of school and more likely to live with parents following...

This report, the eighth in Mathematica's Money Follows the Person series, identifies key factors that have contributed to and hindered state efforts to transition Medicaid enrollees to community living and rebalance their long-term care systems. Three crucial program elements are (1) effective...

This article found it is possible to use a variation of the Vanderbilt Therapeutic Alliance Scale (VTAS) to rate parent-provider interactions in pediatric primary care. Measuring therapeutic alliance may be a useful tool in evaluating interventions to improve the delivery of mental health...

This report provides an executive summary of the findings from the evaluation, including an outcomes evaluation and a process analysis, for which we gathered information from participant focus groups, program staff, other NIH staff, and administrative data to understand how the program has been...

Hospitals have greater administrative control over the actions and resources of physicians they employ, enabling the implementation of new technology and initiatives. This study tested for and found that hospital employment of physicians is associated with significant increases in the...

To ensure implementation of early childhood interventions with fidelity, implementation strategies must be aligned and coordinated across system levels. This brief introduces the importance of measuring implementation at multiple system levels and proposes tools for doing so.