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Displaying records 41 through 60 (74 total).

Alker J. 2005. Premium assistance programs: How are they financed and do they save money?. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 16 pp. (Issue paper)

Annotation: This brief examines premium assistance programs implemented under section 1115 waivers in five states (Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Utah) to determine how they are financed; their eligibility, benefits, and cost-sharing requirements; their methods for determining cost-effectiveness, and cost savings. (Premium assistance programs use federal and state Medicaid and/or State Children's Health Insurance Program funds to subsidize the purchase of private health insurance and may also use employer or enrollee contributions to help pay premium costs.) The brief, which includes an executive summary, provides background, discusses findings, and provides a discussion. Statistical information is presented in tables throughout the brief. The brief includes a list of sources.

Contact: Kaiser Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 1330 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 347-5270 Fax: (202) 347-5274 E-mail: http://www.kff.org/about/contact.cfm Web Site: http://kff.org/about-kaiser-commission-on-medicaid-and-the-uninsured/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Cost effectiveness, Cost sharing, Eligibility, Financing, Health insurance, Illinois, Low income groups, Medicaid, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, State Children', Utah, Waivers, s Health Insurance Program

Au SM. 2005. Expanded Newborn Screening Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Financial, Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Project: Final report. Honolulu, HI: Genetics Program, Hawaii Department of Health, 9 pp., plus appendices.

Annotation: This final report describes the Expanded Newborn Screening Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Financial, Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Project during the period June 1, 2001, through August 31, 2005. This multi-state, collaborative project was designed to research, identify strategies, and develop materials for addressing the financial, ethical, legal,and social issues surrounding the use of tandem mass spectrometry for neonatal metabolic screening of culturally and ethnically diverse populations. Participating states included Hawaii, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The final report is divided into the following sections: (1) overview, (2) collaboration, (3) experiences to date, (4) dissemination of materials, (5) copies of publications and other materials, and (6) next steps. The report also includes seven appendices: (1) educational activities (development), (2) educational activities (products), (3) financial, ethical, legal, and social issues, (4) parent fact sheets, (5) professional fact sheets, (6) information dissemination, and (7) Web site. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Hawaii Department of Health, Genetics Program, 741 Sunset Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816, Telephone: (808) 733-9055 Fax: (808) 733-9068 Web Site: http://www.hawaiigenetics.org

Keywords: California, Cultural diversity, Ethics, Ethnic factors, Final reports, Financing, Hawaii, Idaho, Legal issues, Neonatal screening, Oregon, Social factors, Washington

Nickel R. 2005. Home owner's insurance: Strengthening the foundation of the medical home. Portland, OR: Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, Oregon Health and Science University, 48 pp., plus appendices.

Annotation: This report describes a project conducted from 2001 to 2004 in Oregon to promote the provision of comprehensive care to children with special health care needs through a medical home approach by building partnerships among community professionals and parents through facilitating a process of continuous quality improvement in primary care offices throughout the state. Report contents include a description of the purpose of the project, goals and objectives, methodology, evaluation, publications and products, dissemination and utilization of results, future plans and follow-up, and type and amount of support and resources needed to replicate. Also included are an annotation and keyword list, an abstract, and one appendix. Brochures and posters are also provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Collaboration, Comprehensive health care, Final reports, Health care delivery, Medical home: Primary care, Oregon

Goodrich J. 2005. Developing a System of Care to Address Family Violence During or Around the Time of Pregnancy in Multnomah County: [Final report]. Portland, OR: Multnomah County Health Department, 44 pp., plus appendices.

Annotation: This final report focuses on the Developing a System of Care to Address Family Violence During or Around the Time of Pregnancy in Multnomal County Program during the period June 1, 2002, through May 31, 2005. This demonstration project was developed to strengthen the Multnomah County Health Department's maternal and child health system of care for women who are experiencing family violence in order to (1) reduce the incidence of family violence in Oregon's Healthy Start catchment area; (2) identify preconceptional, pregnant, and postpartum women who are experiencing family violence; and (3) increase the capacity of health care staff to effectively provide appropriate information, referrals, and direct linkages to interventions that are age, linguistically, and culturally appropriate to the two local populations. Report sections include (1) purpose of project and relationship to Social Security Administration Title V maternal and child health programs, (2) goals and objectives, (3) methodology, (4) evaluation, (5) results and outcomes, (6) publications and products, (7) dissemination and utilization of results, (8) future plans and follow-up, and (9) type and amount of support needed to replicate. The report includes four appendices: (1) an improving the response to partner violence presentation, (2) a home violence screening questionnaire, (3) an improving response to partner violence health care resources manual, and (4) example material for family safety first education packets. A CD-ROM is included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Community programs, Domestic violence, Final reports, Health care systems, Healthy Start, Intervention, Low income groups, Oregon, Pregnancy, Prevention, Referral

Dodson D. 2005. Oregon Early Childhood System Planning Project: [Final report]. Portland, OR: Office of Family Health,Oregon Department of Human Services, 2 pp.

Annotation: This final report describes the Oregon Early Childhood System Planning Project during the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2005. The purpose of the project was to build on existing partnerships and structures, assess gaps in planning and services, and plan for coordinated early childhood service delivery. Report sections describe goals and objectives, methodology, coordination, and evaluation. A CD-ROM is incluced. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Child health, Early childhood development, Early childhood education, Final reports, Oregon, Service delivery systems, Young children

Daugherty A. [2004]. Community Organizing and Planning for a Rural Integrated Service System in Rogue River, Oregon [Final report]. Medford, OR: Jackson County Department of Health and Human Services, 22 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a community organizing project to identify hard-to-reach, low-income, families, to provide supports and assistance to these families as they identify their needs, and to participate in a leadership capacity in planning for the design, implementation, and governance of a community integrated service system. Contents include a project abstract and the project narrative including a statement of the problem, goals and objectives, methodology, evaluation, results and outcomes, publications and products, dissemination and utilization of results, future plans and follow up, type and amount of support and resources needed to replicate the project. An annotation and key words are also provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Community based services, Community participation, Final reports, Health services delivery, Low income groups, MCH research, Oregon, Rural health, Rural population, Service coordination, Service delivery systems

Williams K. [2004]. Practice-Based Community Connections: [Final report]. Portland, OR: Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, Oregon Health and Sciences University, 22 pp.

Annotation: This final report describes the Practice-Based Community Connections Project based in Oregon during the period July 1, 2000, to January 31, 2004. The purpose of the project was to improve the current structure for solving complex medical issues for children with special health care needs within Medicaid managed care systems by exploring innovative partnerships for enhanced care coordination with the child's family, primary care practice, managed care organization, and state and community resources in a practice-based community connections team model. Report sections describe goals and objectives, methodology, evaluation, publications and products, dissemination and utilization of results, futrue plans and follow-up, and type and amount of support and resources needed to replicate. A summary of the report is also incuded. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Coordination, Families, Final reports, Managed care, Medicaid, Oregon, Primary care

Douglas D, Bailey P, Cain L. 2004. From rural to remote America: Family health care in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 21 pp.

Annotation: The purpose of this report is to present the collective findings on health disparities between urban and non-urban populations from white papers produced by the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The white papers look at barriers that rural residents face in accessing health care services. The report provides a tool to better understand the unique factors that influence health disparities and serves as a starting point for further discussion. Statistical and other information is presented in tables throughout the report. The report includes contact information for agencies in each of the four states.

Contact: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006-1202, Telephone: (202) 775-0436 Fax: (202) 478-5120 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.amchp.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Alaska, Barriers, Families, Idaho, Oregon, Rural population, Urban population, Washington

Volunteers in Health Care. [2003]. Creating a volunteer-dental van project. Pawtucket, RI: Volunteers in Health Care, 2 v. (Field report)

Annotation: These field reports present examples of how to use public-private partnerships to create or expand a volunteer dental van project. Two dental van projects are discussed: Kids in Need of Dentistry—"Miles for Smiles" of Denver, Colorado; and Northwest Medical Teams International of Portland, Oregon. Each report provides a project description and discussions of the first steps in delivering service, securing funding, providing governance, organizing operations, determining patient eligibility, and recruiting volunteers.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children, Colorado, Dental clinics, Families, Guidelines, Oral health, Oregon, Public private partnerships, Volunteers

Schlaefer-Wall F. 2003. Family/professional partnerships measure quality, functional health, and family outcomes of managed care: [Final report]. Everett, WA: Providence Children's Center, 103 pp.

Annotation: This final report describes methods for measuring quality and outcomes of care provided to children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in different service systems with varying managed care and fee-for-service models. The project also solicited physician's perspectives in Washington and Oregon states on changing payment structures, pressures inherent in group practices, difficulties navigating community systems, and problems getting necessary information. The report includes the following sections: (1) purpose of the project, (2) goals and objectives, (3) methodology, (4) evaluation, (5) results and outcomes, (6) publications and products, (7) dissemination and utilization, (8) future plans and follow-up, and (9) type and amount of support and resources needed to replicate the project. It also includes 10 appendices containing brochures, samples of physician and health care consumer surveys, printed presentation slides, a resource list of services in Snohomish County, and fact sheets. An annotation, keywords list, abstract, and equipment list conclude the report. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Providence Children's Center, P.O. Box 1067, Everett, WA 98206, Telephone: (425) 258-7311 Web Site: http://www.providence.org/everett/programs_and_services/pavilion/e60children.htm

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Families, Final reports, MCH research, Managed care, Oregon, Patient satisfaction, Provider surveys, Questionnaires, Washington

Oregon Head Start Association. 2003. Oregon Head Start action plan for oral health. Springfield, OR: Oregon Head Start Association, 4 pp.

Annotation: This report outlines an oral health action plan developed at the Director's and Specialist's Meeting held in April 2003 in Eagle Crest, Oregon. Contents include the formation of the Oregon Head Start Oral Health Coalition and plan elements including access to prevention, prevention strategies, access to treatment, and education strategies. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children, Head Start, Oral health, Oregon, State programs, Strategic plans

Murray SL, Block AJ, Beam M, Konrad E. 2003. Evaluation of Oregon's early childhood system of services and supports: Baseline data report—Final report. Portland, OR: RMC Research, 327 pp.

Annotation: This final report describes the Evaluation of Oregon's Early Childhood System of Services and Supports program. The program provides baseline information on the implementation of the early childhood system of services and supports in Oregon state at both the state and local levels. The system was established as a result of legislation passed in 2001. The report, which includes an executive summary, covers the following main topics: (1) overview of Oregon's Early Childhood System of Services and Supports, (2) evaluation of framework and Year 1 evaluation activities, (3) baseline data, (4) early childhood system performance measures, and (5) status of implementation and evaluation recommendations. References are included.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child care, Child health, Child neglect, Early childhood development, Early childhood education, Oregon, Parent child relations, Prevention, Program evaluation, School readiness, Service delivery systems, Young children

Brown T, Lake K, Varela F. 2002. Meeting the needs of families: Critical elements of comprehensive care coordination in Title V children with special health care needs programs. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 8 pp.

Annotation: This brief provides a summary of the key goals and principles of care coordination for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) and their families, as well as a list of critical components that should be included in any comprehensive care-coordinating program. It is designed as a companion document to an earlier publication of the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs: Care Coordination for Children with Special Health Care Needs and Their Families in the New Millennium (August 2000), which presents goals and principles of care coordination. Chapter topics include the need, different types, goals and principles, and critical elements for care coordination for CSHCN. The brief also provides examples of state Title V programs that have operationalized these key elements in Florida and Oregon. Endnotes are provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006-1202, Telephone: (202) 775-0436 Fax: (202) 478-5120 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.amchp.org Available in libraries.

Keywords: Case studies, Children with special health care needs, Florida, Oregon, Service coordination, State programs, Title V programs

Koyanagi C, Semansky R. 2002. Assessing child mental health services in the Oregon Health Plan: A report on three focus groups. Washington, DC: Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, 27 pp.

Annotation: This report is part of an investigation of the impact of expanding child mental health services for children with serious mental disorders in Medicaid on the actual availability of services to children. It reports on focus groups that were held in Oregon to assess family satisfaction with child mental health services provided by Medicaid, primarily by the Oregon Health Plan's managed care system. Topics of findings include access, availability and appropriateness of services; interagency collaboration; provider issues; and health plan issues. It also discusses differences between plans, areas of accomplishment, challenges, and policy recommendations. Appendices provide the focus group methodology and data tables.

Contact: Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, 1101 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1212, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 467-5730 Secondary Telephone: (202) 467-4232 Fax: (202) 223-0409 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.bazelon.org $15.00 plus shipping.

Keywords: Affective disorders, Child mental health, Evaluation, Focus groups, Managed care, Mental health services, Oregon

Dodson DK. 2001. [Oregon] State Planning and Fluoridation Systems Development Project: Final report. Portland, OR: Office of Family Health, [Oregon] Department of Human Services, 25 pp.

Annotation: This final report describes the State Planning and Fluoridation Systems Development Initiative that was implemented in Oregon. The purpose of the project was to develop the infrastructure necessary to assist in the creation and facilitation of community-based coalitions that will then address the prevention of dental caries through the implementation of water fluoridation at the community level. The report discusses the purpose of the project, goals and objectives, methodology, evalution, results and outcomes, publications and products, dissemination and utilization of results, future plans and follow-up, and type and amount of support and resources needed to replicate. The report includes two appendices: a copy of a brochure of community water fluoridation and a fluoride education materials order form. A diskette with the material is included, as well. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Coalitions, Community programs, Dental caries, Final reports, Fluorides, Health care systems, Oregon, Prevention, State initiatives, Water

Renken CA. [2000]. Community outreach and action for children who are Hispanic (COACH): Final report. Portland, OR: Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, ca. 150 pp.

Annotation: This final report describes a project to address the problem of the traditional health delivery system adequately and competently serving children with special health care needs (CSHCN) who are from culturally diverse communities, specifically children in two Hispanic communities in Oregon. Topics include increasing access to and utilization of appropriate health and related services for CSHCN in a Hispanic community, developing an outreach program to support families in access to specialty health care, assessing and developing a cultural competence plan, and providing and evaluating training and technical assistance to providers about the Hispanic culture and languages. Report contents include the program abstract and annotation; the project purpose, goal and objectives; study methodology, evaluation, results and outcomes; a listing of project-related publications and projects; the dissemination and utilization of results, future plans and follow up; and the type and amount of support and resources needed to replicate the project. Appendices include protocols, statements, outlines of care, a training follow up survey, training handouts, sample charts and forms, data, resources, a sample checklist, manual, dictionary, and sample training folder. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Cultural barriers, Culturally competent services, Final reports, Health care delivery, Hispanic Americans, Language barriers, MCH research, Oregon, Program descriptions

Fender LM, Panagides-Busch M, Schulzinger R. 1999. The Child Health Insurance Program: Early implementation in six states. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research, 1 v.

Annotation: This report gives the results of a study, commissioned by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the Office of the Secretary, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), conducted to look at the implementation of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in designated states. The study was designed to understand and document the decisions in six states regarding the: planning process; key factors affecting the program design in the initial plans submitted to HHS; CHIP program design as a separate State-initiated program, a Medicaid expansion. or a combination; choice of income eligibility levels; parameters of State-initiated health insurance programs implemented prior to CHIP; and implementation of specific features of their CHIP programs during the early months. ASPE intended this report to be shared with other states. The time period being investigated is, in general, fall and winter of 1998/99. The six states chosen for the case studies were Alabama, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Oregon.

Contact: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Room 415F, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20201, Telephone: (202) 690-6445 Secondary Telephone: (202) 690-7858 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://aspe.hhs.gov/ Available from the website. Document Number: PIC ID No. 6308.

Keywords: Alabama, Case studies, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Oregon, State Children', s Health Insurance Program

Johnson KA, McDonough JE. 1998. Expanding health coverage for children: Matching federal policies and state strategies. New York, NY: Milbank Memorial Fund, 39 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes initiatives of 12 states in expanding health coverage for children by utilizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under Title XXI of the Social Security Act. Reports are from Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and Washington. Implications of SCHIP are discussed including why states should participate and an overview of SCHIP. Tables include distribution of children and funding by state and state health insurance initiatives for children prior to SCHIP.

Contact: Milbank Memorial Fund, 645 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022-1095, Telephone: (212) 355-8400 Fax: (212) 355-8599 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.milbank.org Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 1-887748-19-9.

Keywords: Children, Florida, Hawaii, Health insurance, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Social Security Act, Tennessee, Title XXI, Vermont, Washington

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1998. Teen pregnancy: State and federal efforts to implement prevention programs and measure their effectiveness. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 47 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information on state strategies to reduce adolescent pregnancy and how states fund these efforts, how welfare reform affected states' strategies, the extent to which programs that are part of states' prevention strategies are evaluated, and what adolescent pregnancy prevention activities the federal government supports. The report focuses on eight states that have had long standing adolescent pregnancy prevention strategies in place: California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Oregon, and Vermont.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website. Document Number: GAO/HEHS-99-4.

Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, California, Federal programs, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Oregon, Prevention programs, Program evaluation, Reports, State programs, Vermont, Welfare reform

Charrette A. 1997. Medicaid managed care. [Washington, DC]: Health Policy Tracking Service, 33 pp.

Annotation: This issue brief discusses legislation on Medicaid managed care that has at least passed one house of state legislatures. The summaries provided are not meant to be comprehensive, but to highlight certain issues and to give an overview of the trends that are emerging so far this year in terms of Medicaid managed care. Summaries are provided regarding creating or expanding Medicaid managed care programs, Medicaid managed care, caution on managed care for the elderly and persons with disabilities, oversight of managed care organizations and setting criteria for health maintenance organizations, protections for Medicaid managed care recipients, ensuring quality of care, Medicaid managed care fraud, and pharmaceuticals. Summaries are provided for legislation in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. This information is current through September 25, 1997.

Keywords: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Disabilities, Disabilities, Florida, Fraud, Hawaii, Health maintenance organizations, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Managed care, Maryland, Medicaid managed care, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Older adults, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Pharmaceuticals, Quality assurance, Rhode Island, Special health care needs, State legislation, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington

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The MCH Digital Library is one of six special collections at Geogetown University, the nation's oldest Jesuit institution of higher education. It is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy with an award of $700,000/year. The library is also supported through foundation and univerity funding. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.