The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contracted with RAND to conduct an environmental scan of hospital outpatient performance measurement for visits, services, and procedures paid under the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System.
Office of Health Policy (HP)
The Office of Health Policy (HP) provides a cross-cutting policy perspective that bridges Departmental programs, public and private sector activities, and the research community, in order to develop, analyze, coordinate and provide leadership on health policy issues for the Secretary. HP carries out this mission by conducting policy, economic and budget analyses, assisting in the development and review of regulations, assisting in the development and formulation of budgets and legislation, assisting in survey design efforts, as well as conducting and coordinating research, evaluation, and information dissemination on issues relating to health policy.
HP is organized in four divisions that align with major Department programs :
Division of Health Care Financing Policy (HFP)
Division of Public Health Services (PHS)
Division of Health Care Access and Coverage (HAC)
Division of Health Care Quality and Outcomes (HQO)
Health Policy Research:
- Reports to Congress
- Affordable Care Act Research & Issue Briefs
- HP Authored or Sponsored Work Published in Journals
Other Helpful Information:
Topic Areas:
- Behavioral Health
- Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- Health Equity
- Health Indicators
- Health Insurance Marketplace
- Health Policy
- Healthcare Reform
- Healthcare Safety Net
- HIV & AIDS
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (PCORTF)
- Prevention
- Public Health
- Uninsured & Underinsured
Reports
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An Environmental Scan of Pay for Performance in the Hospital Setting: Final Report
Section 5001(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requires the Secretary to develop a plan to implement a value- based purchasing program for payments under Medicare for subsectioin (d) hospitals beginning with fiscal year 2009.
Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP), Fiscal Year 2009
The Federal Medical Assistance Percentages and Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages are calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1 through September 30 of the indicated year.
Environmental Scan
An Environmental Scan of Pay for Performance in the Hospital Setting: Final Report
Prepared by: RAND Health working paper series CHERYL L.DAMBERG, MELONY SORBERO, ATEEV MEHROTRA, STEPHANIE TELEKI, SUSAN LOVEJOY, AND LILY BRADLEY
A Framework for Evaluating Price Transparency Initiatives in Health Care
To date a number of private and public sector initiatives have commenced that rely on value-driven principles for the delivery of health care services. Given the variation that may exist across these initiatives it is important to have a good structure for examining and evaluating their implementation and overall effectiveness.
The Effect of Health Care Cost Growth on the U.S. Economy
This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the effect of health care cost growth on the U.S. economy. The evaluation consisted of 1) a thorough and systematic review of the existing literature, anecdotal evidence and survey findings, and 2) limited quantitative analyses of available secondary data sources.
Toward Understanding Homelessness: The 2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research. People Who Experience Long-Term Homelessness: Characteristics and Interventions
By:Carol L. M. Caton, PhD, Columbia University, New York, NYCarol Wilkins, MPP, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Oakland, CAJacquelyn Anderson, MPP, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Oakland, CA
ASPE Issue Brief
Overview of the Uninsured in the United States: An analysis of the 2007 Current Population Survey
Report
An Overview of the US Health System Chart Book
Report authors : George Greenberg, Nancy DeLew Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services