Other Populations

To fulfill a Presidential mandate, the Department of Health and Human Services established the New Freedom Initiative Workgroup to review efforts that have been initiated in response to the Olmstead decision, and to recommit and refocus the Administration's efforts in promoting the full participation of adults with disabilities in community life.

Prepared by: Matthew Lyon Prepared for:Office of Human Services PolicyOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This paper describes the findings from nine Case Study states. These case studies were conducted: (1) To examine early implementation experience among the states in order to gain an understanding of the programmatic, fiscal, and political context in which design decisions were made.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The purpose of this analysis is to gain a better understanding of how having a private LTC insurance policy interacts with and affects the use of Medicare financed home health, skilled nursing and inpatient services. The authors used Medicare claims data and linked it to a sample of 578 community-based disabled elders receiving benefits under their LTC insurance policies.

Jessica Miller, M.S., Boryana Dimitrova, M.A. and Marc Cohen, Ph.D. LifePlans, Inc. This report was prepared under contract #BPA-OS-01-0267C between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and LifePlans, Inc.

Preliminary Evidence from Los Angeles and New York City Submitted by: Randy Capps, Leighton Ku and Michael Fix Chris Furgiuele, Jeff Passel, Rajeev Ramchand, Scott McNiven, Dan Perez-Lopez [The Urban Institute]