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Accreditation

• State and CMS Oversight of the Medicaid Managed Care Credentialing Process (OEI-09-10-00270)
• Home Health Agencies Received Timely Surveys and Corrected Deficiencies as Required (OEI-06-11-00400)
• Hospital Incident Reporting Systems Do Not Capture Most Patient Harm (OEI-06-09-00091)
• Most Early Head Start Teachers Have the Required Credentials But Challenges Exist (OEI-05-10-00240)
• CMS Oversight of Short-Term Acute Care Nonaccredited Hospitals (OEI-01-04-00020)
• Oversight of Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A System in Neglect (OEI-01-00-00450)
• Quality Oversight of Ambulatory Surgical Centers: The Role of Certification and Accreditation--Supplemental Report #1 (OEI-01-00-00451)
• Quality Oversight of Ambulatory Surgical Centers: Holding State Agencies and Accreditors Accountable -- Supplemental Report #2 (OEI-01-00-00452)
• The External Review of Psychiatric Hospitals (OEI-01-99-00160)
• The External Review of Hospital Quality: State Initiatives (OEI-01-97-00054)
• The External Review of Hospital Quality: A Call for Greater Accountability (OEI-01-97-00050)
• The External Review of Hospital Quality: The Role of Accreditation (OEI-01-97-00051)
• The External Review of Hospital Quality: The Role of Medicare Certification (OEI-01-97-00052)
• The External Review of Hospital Quality: Holding the Reviewers Accountable (OEI-01-97-00053)
• Accreditation of Public Child Welfare Agencies (OEI-04-94-00010)

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

• see also: Ryan White
• HIV Testing in HRSA-Funded Health Center Sites (OEI-06-10-00290)
• Reducing Obstetrician Barriers To Offering HIV Testing (OEI-05-01-00260)
• Cost Containment of Medicaid HIV/AIDS Drug Expenditures (OEI-05-99-00611; 07/01)
• AIDS Drug Assistance Program Cost Containment Strategies (OEI-05-99-00610; 9/00)
• Medicaid Managed Care and HIV/AIDS (OEI-05-97-00210; 4/97)
• HIV/AIDS: Nursing Home Discrimination Complaints (OEI-03-91-00960; 8/93)
• HIV Infection Among Street Youth (OEI-01-90-00500; 2/91)
• HIV Infection Among Street Youth: Department of Health and Human Services Programs and Resources (OEI-01-90-00501; 10/90)

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Addiction

• see: Substance Abuse

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Administrative Appeals

• Medicare Administrative Appeals (OEI-04-97-00160; 9/99)

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Administrative Costs

• Welfare Administrative Costs (OEI-05-91-01080; 2/95)
• Foster Care Administrative Costs (OAI-05-87-00012; 10/87)
• Grantee Compliance with Head Start Statutory Administrative Cost Limit (OAI-06-86-00069; 12/86)
• AFDC, Medicaid, and Food Stamp Administrative Costs (OAI-05-86-00008; 12/86)

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Adoption

• see also: Foster Care
• Adoption & Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS): Challenges and Limitations (OEI-07-01-00660; 03/03)
• State Oversight of Residential Facilities for Children (OEI-02-98-00570; 5/00)
• Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: Implementation (OEI-02-95-00044; 4/99)
• The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: State Structure and Process (OEI-02-95-00041; 11/98)
• Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (OEI-02-95-00040; 6/96)
• State Use of Special Needs Adoption Funds for Nonrecurring Costs (OEI-06-94-00560; 8/95)
• Opportunities for ACF to Improve Child Welfare Services and Protections for Native American Children (OEI-01-93-00110; 8/94)
• Oversight of State Child Welfare Programs (OEI-01-92-00770; 6/94)
• Barriers to Freeing Children for Adoption (OEI-06-89-01640; 2/91)
• Minority Adoptions (OAI-02-87-00028; 7/88)

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Adverse Health Care Events

• Adverse Events in Skilled Nursing Facilities: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-06-11-00370)
• Potentially Improper Frequency of Pneumococcal Vaccinations for Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-07-13-00310)
• Assessment of Hospital Reporting of Present on Admission Indicators on Medicare Claims (OEI-06-09-00310)
• Few Adverse Events in Hospitals Were Reported to State Adverse Event Reporting Systems (OEI-06-09-00092)
• Hospital Incident Reporting Systems Do Not Capture Most Patient Harm (OEI-06-09-00091)
• Adverse Events in Hospitals: Medicare's Responses to Alleged Serious Events (OEI-01-08-00590)
• Adverse Events in Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-06-09-00090)
• Adverse Events In Hospitals: Methods For Identifying Events (OEI-06-08-00221)
• Adverse Events in Hospitals: Public Disclosure of Information about Events (OEI-06-09-00360)
• Adverse Events in Hospitals: Case Study of Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Two Selected Counties (OEI-06-08-00220)
• Adverse Events in Hospitals: Overview of Key Issues (OEI-06-07-00470)
• Adverse Events in Hospitals: State Reporting Systems (OEI-06-07-00471)

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Advertising

• see: Marketing

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Aging, Programs on

• see also: Older Americans Act
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: July 2013 Performance Report (OEI-02-13-00170)
• Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Program: 2012 Report to Congress (OEI-04-11-00451)
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: June 2012 Performance Report (OEI-02-12-00190)
• Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Program: 2011 Report to Congress (OEI-04-11-00450)
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: March 2002 Performance Report (OEI-02-02-0024002/02)
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: August 2001 Performance Report (OEI-02-01-00301)
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: March 2001 Report (OEI-02-01-0030003/01)
• Three Year Performance Data for the HIPAA-Funded Projects (OEI-02-97-00528; 10/00)
• Three Year and One Year Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects (OEI-02-97-005279/00)
• 24-Month Performance Data for the HIPAA-Funded Project Grantees (OEI-02-97-00524; 12/99)
• The Administration on Aging's Health Care Fraud and Abuse Programs: 18-Month Outcomes (OEI-02-99-001108/99)
• Implementation of the Administration on Aging's Health Care Fraud and Abuse Programs (OEI- 02-99-001118/99)
• Long Term Care Ombudsman Program: Complaints Trends (OEI-02-98-00350; 3/99)
• Long Term Care Ombudsman Program: Overall Capacity (OEI-02-98-00351; 3/99)
• Health Care Anti-Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Community Volunteer Program -- First Year Outcomes (OEI-02-97-005223/99)
• Cost Sharing Under the Older Americans Act (OEI-05-95-00170; 5/96)
• Dissemination of Results of AoA's Discretionary Fund Projects (OEI-04-91-00110; 7/91)
• Community Systems Development Under the Older Americans Act (OAI-03-86-00038; 6/87)
• Ombudsman Output Measures (OEI-02-90-02121; 6/91)
• Successful Ombudsman Programs (OEI-02-90-02120; 6/91)
• Area Agencies on Aging: Selected Best Practices (OAI-03-87-00021; 6/87)
• OIG/AoA Reports on the State Implementation of the Older Americans Act and Action Plan (OEI-02-91-015124/93)
• OIG/AoA Reports on the State Implementation of the Older Americans Act and Action Plan (OEI-02-91-015134/93)
• OIG/AoA Reports on the State Implementation of the Older Americans Act and Action Plan (OEI-02-91-015144/93)
• OIG/AoA Reports on the State Implementation of the Older Americans Act and Action Plan (OEI-02-91-015154/93)
• OIG/AoA Reports on the State Implementation of the Older Americans Act and Action Plan (OEI-02-91-01516; 4/93)
• OIG/AoA Reports on the State Implementation of the Older Americans Act and Action Plan (OEI-02-91-015174/93)
• Administration on Aging Stewardship of Title III of the Older Americans Act: The Methodology (OEI-02-91-015103/92)
• Community Systems Development Under the Older Americans Act (OAI-03-86-00038; 6/87)

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Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

• Child Care and Development Fund: Monitoring of Licensed Child Care Providers (OEI-07-10-00230)
• AFDC Payments After Death (OEI-04-91-00040; 11/94)
• AFDC Pre-Eligibility Verification Measures (OEI-04-91-00100; 8/93)
• AFDC Pre-Eligibility Fraud Investigative Units (OEI-04-91-00101; 3/95)
• Homeless Families and Access to AFDC (OEI-05-91-00061; 10/92)
• Functional Impairments of AFDC Clients (OEI-02-90-00400; 3/92)
• Functional Impairments of AFDC Clients: Case Studies (OEI-02-90-00401; 3/92)
• Follow-Up on AFDC Absent Parents (OEI-05-89-01270; 8/91)
• Impact of New Requirements: AFDC Standard Filing Unit (OAI-09-87-00003; 3/88)
• State Investigation of Fraud in the AFDC Program (OAI-04-86-00066; 12/87)
• Child Support Enforcement Collections on AFDC Cases: An Overview (OAI-05-86-00097; 9/87)
• Child Support Enforcement Collections on AFDC Cases: Non-Pursuit (OAI-05-87-00033; 8/87)
• Child Support Enforcement Collections on AFDC Cases: Arrearages (OAI-05-87-00034; 8/87)
• Child Support Enforcement Collections on AFDC Cases: Modification of Court Orders (OAI-05-86-00035; 8/87)
• AFDC, Medicaid, and Food Stamp Administrative Costs (OAI-05-86-00008; 12/86)
• The Family Support Act of 1988: What Do Front Line Workers Know? What Do They Think? (OEI-05-89-01220; 7/92)
• State Implementation of the Family Support Act (OEI-05-90-00720; 1/90)
• Errors Resulting In Overpayment In the AFDC Program (OAI-04-86-0024; 06/87)

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Albuterol Sulfatel

• Excessive Medicare Reimbursement for Albuterol (OEI-03-01-00410; 03/02)
• Medicare Reimbursement of Albuterol (OEI-03-00-00311; 6/00)
• Are Medicare Allowances for Albuterol Sulfate Reasonable? (OEI-03-97-00292; 8/98)
• A Comparison of Albuterol Sulfate Prices (OEI-03-94-00392; 6/96)
• Suppliers' Acquisition Costs for Albuterol Sulfate (OEI-03-94-00393; 6/96)

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Alcohol

• see: Substance Abuse

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Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services

• see also: Substance Abuse | Mental Health
• Services to Persons with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders: Provider Perspectives (OEI-05-94-00150; 6/95)
• Services to Persons with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders: Program Descriptions (OEI-05-94-00151; 6/95)
• Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services for Homeless Individuals (OEI-05-91-00062; 3/92)
• Drug Abuse Treatment Waiting List Reduction Grant Program (OEI-02-90-00420; 8/91)
• Indian Health Service Youth Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs (OEI-07-89-00940; 4/91)
• An Assessment of Data Collection for Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services (OAI-02-88-00120;1/89)
• National Youth Drug Education Programs (OAI-02-88-00080; 5/88)

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Aliens

• see: Immigrants and Immigration

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Ambulance

• Utilization of Medicare Ambulance Transports, 2002-2011 (OEI-09-12-00350)
• Fraud and Abuse Safeguards for State Medicaid Nonemergency Medical Transportation Services (OEI-06-07-00320)
• Medicare Payments for Ambulance Transports (OEI-05-02-00590; 01/06)
• Medicare Payments for Ambulance Services: A Framework for Change (OEI-12-99-00280; 4/99)
• Comparison of Ambulance Payments Between Selected Canadian Provinces and the United States (OEI-09-95-00414; 3/99)
• Medical Necessity of Medicare Ambulance Services (OEI-09-95-00412; 12/98)
• Medicare Payments for Ambulance Services - Comparison to Non-Medicare Payers (OEI-09-95-00411;1/99)
• State Ambulance Policies and Services (OEI-09-95-00410; 3/98)
• Medicare Ambulance Payments (OEI-05-95-00300; 11/97)
• Controlling Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation Costs (OEI-04-95-00140; 4/97)
• Ambulance Services for Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Beneficiaries: Medical Necessity (OEI-03-90-02130;8/94)
• Ambulance Services for Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Beneficiaries: Payment Practices (OEI-03-90-02131;8/94)
• Non-Emergency Transportation for Dialysis Patients (OEI-03-90-02132; 8/94)
• Medicare Part B Ambulance Services (OAI-03-86-00012; 3/87)

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Anesthesia

• Medicare Coverage and Reimbursement for Monitored Anesthesia Care (OEI-02-89-00050; 2/91)
• Medicare Reimbursement for Anesthesia Services (OAI-02-85-00010; 4/86)

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AoA Grantees

• Health Care Anti-Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Community Volunteer Program -- First Year Outcomes (OEI-02-97-00522;3/99)

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Appeals and Grievance Process

• The First Level of the Medicare Appeals Process, 2008-2012: Volume, Outcomes, and Timeliness (OEI-01-12-00150)
• Improvements Are Needed at the Administrative Law Judge Level of Medicare Appeals (OEI-02-10-00340)
• Beneficiary Appeals in Medicare Advantage (OEI-01-08-00280)
• Medicare Administrative Law Judge Hearings: Update, 2007?2008 (OEI-02-06-00111)
• Medicare Administrative Law Judge Hearings: Early Implementation, 2005?2006 (OEI-02-06-00110)
• Early Implementation Review of Qualified Independent Contractor Processing of Medicare Appeal Reconsiderations (OEI-06-06-00500)
• Medicare Administrative Appeals: The Potential Impact of BIPA (OEI-04-01-00290; 1/02)
• Medicare Administrative Appeals (OEI-04-97-00160; 9/99)
• Medicare HMO Appeals and Grievance Processes: Overview Report (OEI-07-94-00280; 12/96)
• Medicare HMO Appeals and Grievance Processes: Beneficiary Understanding (OEI-07-94-00281; 12/96)
• Medicare HMO Appeals and Grievance Processes: Survey of HMOs (OEI-07-94-00282; 12/96)
• Medicare HMO Appeals and Grievance Processes: Review of Cases (OEI-07-94-00283; 12/96)

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Area Agencies on Aging

• Area Agencies on Aging: Selected Best Practices (OAI-03-87-00021; 6/87)

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Asset Testing

• Asset Testing for Eligibility: Profiles of Six Federal Benefit Programs (OAI-04-88-01280; 11/88)

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Asset Transfer

• see: Financial Arrangements

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