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Satisfaction Surveys

• see: Client/Customer Surveys

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School-Based Health

• see also: Managed Care
• School-Based Health Centers and Managed Care (OEI-05-92-00680; 12/93)
• School-Based Health Centers and Managed Care: Examples of Coordination (OEI-05-92-00681; 12/93)

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Scientific Misconduct

• NIH Has Made Strides in Reviewing Financial Conflicts of Interest in Extramural Research, But Could Do More (OEI-03-19-00150)
• Drug Compendia Publishers Maintain Transparent Processes for Evaluating Anticancer Drug Therapies and Identifying Potential Conflicts (OEI-07-13-00220)
• Gaps in Oversight of Conflicts of Interest in Medicare Prescription Drug Decisions (OEI-05-10-00450)
• Conflicts and Financial Relationships Among Potential Zone Program Integrity Contractors (OEI-03-10-00300)
• Scientific Disagreements Regarding Medical Device Regulatory Decisions  (OEI-01-10-00470)
• Conflict-of-Interest Waivers Granted to HHS Employees in 2009 (OEI-04-10-00010)
• Institutional Conflicts of Interest at NIH Grantees (OEI-03-09-00480)
• Misconduct in Scientific Research (OAI-07-88-00420; 3/89)

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Seatlift Chairs

• see: Medical Devices and Equipment

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Second Opinion

• see: Surgery

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Septicemia

• Medicare Payments for Septicemia (OEI-03-98-00370; 4/99)

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Services Integration

• Services Integration for Families and Children in Crisis (OEI-09-90-00890; 1/91)
• Services Integration: A Twenty-Year Retrospective (OEI-01-91-00580; 1/91)

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Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)

• see also: Nursing Homes
• Facility-Initiated Discharges in Nursing Homes Require Further Attention OEI-01-18-00250
• States' Backlogs of Standard Surveys of Nursing Homes Grew Substantially During the COVID-19 Pandemic OEI-01-20-00431
• COVID-19 Had a Devastating Impact on Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes During 2020 OEI-02-20-00490
• CMS Use of Data on Nursing Home Staffing: Progress and Opportunities To Do More OEI-04-18-00451
• Onsite Surveys of Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: March 23-May 30, 2020 OEI-01-20-00430
• States Continued To Fall Short in Meeting Required Timeframes for Investigating Nursing Home Complaints: 2016-2018 OEI-01-19-00421
• Some Nursing Homes' Reported Staffing Levels in 2018 Raise Concerns; Consumer Transparency Could Be Increased OEI-04-18-00450
• 2019 Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects OEI-02-20-00150
• CMS Did Not Detect Some Inappropriate Claims for Durable Medical Equipment in Nursing Facilities (OEI-06-16-00380)
• A Few States Fell Short in Timely Investigation of the Most Serious Nursing Home Complaints: 2011-2015 (OEI-01-16-00330)
• 2016 Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Project (OEI-02-17-00220)
• Adverse Events in Rehabilitation Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-06-14-00110)
• Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: June 2016 Performance Report (OEI-02-16-00190)
• Hospices Inappropriately Billed Medicare Over $250 Million for General Inpatient Care (OEI-02-10-00491)
• National Background Check Program for Long Term Care Employees: Interim Report (OEI-07-10-00420)
• The Medicare Payment System for Skilled Nursing Facilities Needs To Be Reevaluated (OEI-02-13-00610)
• Skilled Nursing Facility Billing for Changes in Therapy: Improvements are Needed (OEI-02-13-00611)
• Medicare Hospices Have Financial Incentives To Provide Care in Assisted Living Facilities (OEI-02-14-00070)
• Nursing Facilities' Compliance with Federal Regulations for Reporting Allegations of Abuse or Neglect (OEI-07-13-00010)
• Adverse Events in Skilled Nursing Facilities: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-06-11-00370)
• Medicare Hospice: Use of General Inpatient Care (OEI-02-10-00490)
• Skilled Nursing Facilities Often Fail To Meet Care Planning and Discharge Planning Requirements (OEI-02-09-00201)
• Inappropriate Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities Cost Medicare More Than a Billion Dollars in 2009 (OEI-02-09-00200)
• Criminal Convictions for Nurse Aides With Substantiated Findings of Abuse, Neglect, and Misappropriation (OEI-07-10-00422)
• Nursing Facility Assessments and Care Plans for Residents Receiving Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs (OEI-07-08-00151)
• Gaps Continue To Exist in Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness and Response During Disasters: 2007-2010 (OEI-06-09-00270)
• Replacing Average Wholesale Price: Medicaid Drug Payment Policy (OEI-03-11-00060)
• Payments for Medicare Part B Services During Non-Part A Nursing Home Stays in 2008 (OEI-06-07-00580)
• Changes in Skilled Nursing Facilities Billing in Fiscal Year 2011 (OEI-02-09-00204)
• Nursing Facilities' Employment of Individuals With Criminal Convictions (OEI-07-09-00110)
• Questionable Billing by Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-02-09-00202)
• Medicare Part D Payments for Beneficiaries in Part A Skilled Nursing Facility Stays in 2006 (OEI-02-07-00230)
• Consecutive Medicare Stays Involving Inpatient and Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-07-05-00340)
• MedicareBeneficiary Access to Skilled Nursing Facilities Under the ProspectivePayment System (OEI-02-04-00270)
• Psychosocial Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-02-01-00610)
• Trends in the Assignment of Resource Utilization Groups by Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-02-01-00280)
• Medicare Beneficiary Access to Skilled Nursing Facilities 2001 (OEI-02-01-00160)
• Monitoring Part B Therapy for Skilled Nursing Facilities Patients (OEI-09-99-00550)
• Medicare Beneficiary Access to Skilled Nursing Facilities: 2000 (OEI-02-00-00330)
• The Effect of Financial Screening and Distinct Part Rules on Access to Nursing Facilities (OEI-02-99-00340)
• Skilled Nursing Facility Therapy Services Under Part B of Medicare (OEI-09-99-00490)
• Early Effects of the Prospective Payment System on Access to Skilled Nursing Facilities: NursingHome Administrators' Perspective (OEI-02-99-00401)
• Effects of the Prospective Payment System on Access to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Patientswith End-Stage Renal Disease (OEI-02-99-00402)
• Early Effects of the Prospective Payment System on Access to Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-02-9900400)
• Physical And Occupational Therapy in Nursing Homes: Medical Necessity and Quality of Care (OEI-09-97-00121)
• Physical And Occupational Therapy in Nursing Homes: Cost of Improper Billings to Medicare (OEI-09-97-00122)
• Medical Necessity of Physical and Occupational Therapy in Skilled Nursing Facilities: CaliforniaProbe Sample Results [Early Alert] (OEI-09-97-00120; 4/98)
• Medicare Payments for Mental Health Services in Nursing Facilities (OEI-02-91-00860; 5/96)
• Medicare Payments for Mental Health Services in Nursing Facilities: ORT State Data (OEI-02-91-00861;5/96)
• Medicare Services Provided to Residents of Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-06-92-00863; 10/94)
• Nonprofessional Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-06-92-00864; 6/95)
• Payment for Durable Medical Equipment Billed During Skilled Nursing Facility Stays (OEI-06-92-00860;10/94)
• Medicare Credit Balances in Skilled Nursing Facility Patient Accounts (OEI-07-90-00910; 7/92)
• Medicaid Credit Balances in Skilled Nursing Facility Patient Accounts (OEI-07-90-00911; 7/92)
• Influences on Medicare's Skilled Nursing FacilityBenefit (OEI-05-89-01590; 7/91)
• Physical Therapy Provided to Skilled Nursing Facility Inpatients (OAI-05-85-00005; 04/87)

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Smokeless Tobacco

• see: Tobacco

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Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS)

• see also: Native Americans
• Administration for Native Americans: A Review of the SEDS Program (OEI-03-90-00390; 1/92)

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Social Security Records

• Using Social Security Records to Detect Inappropriate Medicare Payments for Work-Related Disability Expenses (OEI-06-89-00903; 8/94)

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Standardized Formats

• Standardized Formats Pilot Test (OAI-06-86-00083; 5/86)

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State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

• CMS Ensured Nearly All Part D Drug Records Contained Valid Prescriber Identifiers in 2016 (OEI-03-17-00040)
• State Use of Express Lane Eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment (OEI-06-15-00410)
• Most States Anticipate Implementing Streamlined Eligibility and Enrollment by 2014 (OEI-07-10-00530)
• Separate State Children?s Health Insurance Program Enrollees? Eligibility for Medicaid in 2006 (OEI-06-07-00310)
• Assessing States? Progress in Meeting State Children?s Health Insurance Program Goals (OEI-05-07-00330)
• Fraud and Abuse Safeguards in Separate State Children?s Health Insurance Programs (OEI-06-04-00380; 03/07)
• Determining if Children Classified as SCHIP Medicaid Expansion Meet Eligibility Criteria (OEI-07-03-00221; 10/05)
• Determining if Children Enrolledin Separate SCHIPs Were Eligible for Medicaid (OEI-07-03-00220; 07/05)
• SCHIP: States? Progress in Reducingthe Number of Uninsured Children (OEI-05-03-00280; 05/03)
• Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Renewal Process (OEI-06-01-00370)
• State Children's Health Insurance Program: Assessment of State Evaluation Reports (OEI-05-00-00240;02/01)
• State Children's Health Insurance Program: Ensuring Medicaid Eligibles are not Enrolled in SCHIP (OEI-05-00-00241; 02/01)
• Federally Funded Health Centers and Low Income Children's Health Care: Improving SCHIP Enrollmentand Adapting to a Managed Care Environment (OEI-06-98-00321, 12/28)
• CHIP's Impact on Changing Service Delivery of Federal Health Centers: Six Case Studies (OEI-06-98-00320;10/99)
• Federally Funded Health Centers' Outreach Activities for SCHIP and Medicaid Expansions (OEI-06-98-00322;6/00)
• The Children's Health Insurance Program - States' Application and Enrollment Processes: An EarlyReport From the Front Lines (OEI-05-98-00310; 5/99)

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State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants (SLIAG)

• see also: Immigrants and Immigration
• Medicaid Overpayments for Post-Partum Care to Undocumented Aliens (OEI-07-95-00010; 11/94)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants Under the Immigration Reformand Control Act of 1986: Overview (OEI-07-88-00440; 2/90)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants Under the Immigration Reformand Control Act of 1986: Arizona (OEI-07-88-00441; 1/90)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants Under the Immigration Reformand Control Act of 1986: California (OEI-07-88-00442; 1/90)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants Under the Immigration Reformand Control Act of 1986: Massachusetts (OEI-07-88-00447; 1/90)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants Under the Immigration Reformand Control Act of 1986: Washington (OEI-07-88-00450; 1/90)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants Under the Immigration Reformand Control Act of 1986: Colorado (OEI-07-88-00443; 10/89)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants Under the Immigration Reformand Control Act of 1986: District of Columbia (OEI-07-88-00444; 10/89)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants Under the Immigration Reformand Control Act of 1986: Illinois (OEI-07-88-00446; 10/89)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants Under the Immigration Reformand Control Act of 1986: New York (OEI-07-88-00448; 10/89)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants Under the Immigration Reformand Control Act of 1986: Texas (OEI-07-88-00449; 10/89)
• Implementation of the State Legalization Impact AssistanceGrants Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: Florida (OEI-07-88-00445; 08/89)

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Steroids

• Adolescent Steroid Use (OEI-06-90-01080; 2/91)
• Adolescents and Steroids: A User Perspective (OEI-06-90-01081; 8/90)

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Substance Abuse

• SAMHSA Is Missing Opportunities To Better Monitor Access to Medication Assisted Treatment Through the Buprenorphine Waiver Program OEI-BL-20-00260
• Few Patients Received High Amounts of Opioids from IHS-Run Pharmacies OEI-05-18-00470
• FDA's Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies: Uncertain Effectiveness in Addressing the Opioid Crisis OEI-01-17-00510
• HHS OIG Toolkits for Calculating Opioid Levels and Identifying Patients At Risk of Misuse or Overdose
• Medicare Part D Beneficiaries at Serious Risk of Opioid Misuse or Overdose: A Closer Look OEI-02-19-00130
• States' Use of Grant Funding for a Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis OEI-BL-18-00460
• Geographic Disparities Affect Access to Buprenorphine Services for Opioid Use Disorder OEI-12-17-00240
• Opioid Use in Medicare Part D in Missouri (OEI-02-19-00391)
• Provider Shortages and Limited Availability of Behavioral Health Services in New Mexico's Medicaid Managed Care (OEI-02-17-00490)
• Opioid Use Decreased in Medicare Part D, While Medication-Assisted Treatment Increased (OEI-02-19-00390)
• Concerns About Opioid Use in Medicare Part D in the Appalachian Region (OEI-02-18-00224)
• Toolkit: Using Data Analysis To Calculate Opioid Levels and Identify Patients At Risk of Misuse or Overdose (OEI-02-17-00560)
• Opioid Use in Medicare Part D Remains Concerning (OEI-02-18-00220)
• FDA Oversight of Tobacco Manufacturing Establishments (OEI-01-15-00300)
• SAMHSA Has Improved Outcome Reporting for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (OEI-04-12-00160)
• SAMHSA's Administration of Grants (OEI-07-10-00220)
• Youth Use of Cigars: Federal, State Regulation and Enforcement (OEI-06-98-00020; 2/99)
• Youth Use of Cigars: Patterns of Use and Perceptions of Risk (OEI-06-98-00030; 2/99)
• Follow-up to Detoxification Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries (OEI-07-97-00270; 11/98)
• SAMHSA's Treatment Improvement Protocols (OEI-07-96-00130; 4/98)
• 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)
• Measuring Drug Abuse Treatment Costs (OEI-04-91-00430; 12/92)
• Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse: Legislative Intent and Reality (OEI-09-92-00010; 10/92)
• Youth and Alcohol: Drinking and Crime (OEI-09-92-00260; 4/92)
• Youth and Alcohol: Dangerous and Deadly Consequences (OEI-09-92-00261; 4/92)
• Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services for Homeless Individuals (OEI-05-91-00062; 3/92)
• Youth and Alcohol: Summary of Research--Alcohol Advertising's Effect on Youth (OEI-09-91-00651;1/92)
• Youth and Alcohol: A Sample of Enforcement and Prevention Programs (OEI-09-91-00656; 12/91)
• Youth and Alcohol: Controlling Alcohol Advertising that Appeals to Youth (OEI-09-91-00654; 10/91)
• Youth and Alcohol: Laws and Enforcement--Compendium of State Laws (OEI-09-91-00655; 10/91)
• Youth and Alcohol: Laws and Enforcement--Is the 21-Year-Old Drinking Age a Myth? (OEI-09-91-00650;9/91)
• Drug Abuse Treatment Waiting List Reduction Grant Program (OEI-02-90-00420; 8/91)
• Youth and Alcohol: A National Survey--Drinking Habits, Access, Attitudes, and Knowledge (OEI-09-91-00652;6/91)
• Youth and Alcohol: A National Survey--Do They Know What They're Drinking? (OEI-09-91-00653; 6/91)
• Spit Tobacco and Youth: Additional Analysis (OEI-06-92-00501; 6/93)
• Spit Tobacco and Youth (OEI-06-92-00500; 12/92)
• Youth Access to Tobacco (OEI-02-91-00880; 12/92)
• Youth Access to Cigarettes (OEI-02-90-02310; 5/90)
• Youth Use of Smokeless Tobacco: More Than a Pinch of Trouble (OAI-06-86-00058; 1/86)
• 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)
• Prenatal Substance Exposure: State Child Welfare Laws and Procedures (OEI-03-90-02000; 5/92)
• Crack Babies (OEI-03-89-01540; 6/90)
• Crack Babies: Selected Model Practices (OEI-03-89-01542; 6/90)
• Boarder Babies (OEI-03-89-01541; 6/90)

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Suicide

• Youth Suicide (OAI-09-86-00032; 11/86)
• Inventory of State Initiatives in Addressing Youth Suicide (OAI-09-86-00099; 11/86)
• Assessment and Documentation of Youth at Risk of Suicide (OAI-09-86-00101; 9/86)

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Supplemental Health Insurance

• see: Insurance

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Surgery

• Spinal Devices Supplied by Physician-Owned Distributors: Overview of Prevalence and Use (OEI-01-11-00660)
• Physician Office Surgery (OEI-07-91-00680; 6/93)
• Oversight of Outpatient Surgery (OEI-07-91-00690; 4/92)
• Impact of Regulating Outpatient Surgery (OEI-07-91-01470; 4/94)
• State Evaluation of Medicaid Mandatory Second Surgical Opinion Programs (OEI-03-89-01530; 2/92)
• Medicaid Mandatory Second Surgical Opinion Programs: Summaries of State Programs (OEI-03-89-01531;2/92)
• Preprocedure Review Costs for Carotid Endarterectomy (OEI-03-91-00152; 1/92)
• Outpatient Surgery: Medicare Payments for Unnecessary and Poor Quality Cataracts (OEI-09-88-01005;8/91)
• Medicare Cataract Implant Surgery (OAI-09-85-00046; 3/86)
• Outpatient Surgery: Medicare Payments for Unnecessary and Poor Quality Gastrointestinal Endoscopies (OEI-09-88-01006; 8/91)
• Outpatient Surgery: Medical Necessity and Quality of Care (OEI-09-88-01000; 3/91)
• Medicare Preprocedure Review (OEI-03-89-01520; 2/91)
• Patient Satisfaction with Outpatient Surgery: A National Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries (OAI-09-88-01002;1/90)
• Itinerant Surgery (OAI-07-88-00850; 4/89)
• Ophthalmology/Optometry Relationships Involved in Cataract Surgery (OAI-07-88-00460; 4/89)
• Medicare Certified Ambulatory Surgical Centers: Cataract Surgery Costs and Related Issues (OAI-09-88-00490;8/88)
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (OAI-09-86-00076; 7/93)

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Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystems (S/URS)

• see: Fraud

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Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)

• see also: Immigrants and Immigration
• Cost Effectiveness of SAVE (OEI-07-91-01230; 11/95)
• Review of the SAVE System's Processes (OEI-07-91-01231; 11/95)
• Alien Verification for Entitlements (OAI-02-86-00003; 3/88)

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