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Head Start

• Enrollment Levels in Head Start (OEI-05-06-00250)
• Status of Efforts to Increase the Qualifications of Head Start Teachers (OEI-07-01-00560; 02/04)
• Head Start Services for Children with Asthma (OEI-09-01-00330)
• Head Start, TANF, and Child Care Needs Assessments (OEI-05-98-00540; 10/99)
• Tribal Child Care (OEI-05-98-00010: 11/98)
• Migrant Head Start Grantees: Perspectives and Challenges (OEI-09-91-00761; 12/93)
• Head Start Expansion: Grantee Experiences (OEI-09-91-00760; 5/93)
• Evaluating Head Start Expansion Through Performance Indicators (OEI-09-91-00762; 5/93)
• Readiness to Expand Head Start Enrollment (OEI-02-91-00741; 8/91
• Head Start Self Assessment (OEI-04-89-00790; 2/91)
• Dysfunctional Families in the Head Start Program (OAI-09-89-01000; 12/89)
• Grantee Compliance with Head Start Statutory Administrative Cost Limit (OAI-06-86-00069; 12/86)

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Health Care Providers

• Medicare Payment for Nonphysician Clinical Staff in Cardiothoracic Surgery (OEI-09-01-00130; 04/02)
• Medicare Coverage of Non-Physician Practitioner Services (OEI-02-00-00290; 06/01)
• Nonprofessional Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities (OEI-06-92-00864; 6/95)
• Enhancing the Utilization of Nonphysician Health Care Providers (OEI-01-90-02070; 5/93)
• Enhancing the Utilization of Nonphysician Health Care Providers: Three Case Studies (OEI-01-90-02071;5/93)

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Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL)

• Use of Medicare Offset Agreements and Exclusions for National Health Service Corps and HealthEducation Assistance Loan Defaulters (OEI-02-91-00550; 12/91)
• Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) (OEI-02-90-00980; 2/91)
• Health Education Assistance Loan Program (OAI-03-85-00047;12/85)

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Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)

• HMO Withdrawals: Impact on Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-04-00-00390; 8/00)
• Medicare + Choice HMO Extra Benefits: Beneficiary Perspectives (OEI-02-99-00030; 2/00)
• Beneficiary Awareness of Medicare HMOs (OEI-04-97-00035; 10/99)
• Medicare Beneficiary Interest in HMOs in 1997 (OEI-04-97-00032; 9/98)
• Perspectives of Medicare Risk HMOs 1996: Beneficiaries With Functional Limitations, Comorbiditiesand Disabilities (OEI-06-95-00434; 8/98)
• Physician Perspectives of Medicare HMOs (OEI-02-97-00070; 5/98)
• Beneficiary Perspectives of Medicare Risk HMOs: 1996 (OEI-06-95-00430; 3/98)
• Experiences of Health Maintenance Organizations with Pharmacy Benefit Management Companies (OEI-01-95-00110;4/97)
• 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)
• How HMOs Manage Home Health Services (OEI-04-95-00080; 6/97)
• Medicare Beneficiary Interest in Health Maintenance Organizations in 1995 (OEI-04-93-00151; 2/97)
• Medicare Beneficiary Interest in HMOs (OEI-04-93-00142; 10/95)
• HMO Customer Satisfaction Surveys (OEI-02-94-00360; 3/96)
• Medicare Risk HMO Performance Indicators (OEI-06-91-00734; 10/95)
• Surveying Medicare HMO Beneficiaries: Benefits and Protocols (OEI-06-91-00737; 11/95)
• Beneficiary Perspectives of Medicare Risk HMOs (OEI-06-91-00730; 3/95)
• Medicare Risk HMOs: Beneficiary Enrollment and Service Access Problems (OEI-06-91-00731; 4/95)
• Individual Profiles of Medicare Risk HMOs (OEI-06-91-00733; 4/95)
• National Practitioner Data Bank Reports to Managed Care Organizations: Their Usefulness and Impact (OEI-01-94-00032; 4/95)
• A Review of HMO Quality Assurance Standards Required by Medicaid Agencies (OEI-05-92-00110; 9/92)
• Marketing Practices of South Florida HMOs Serving Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-04-91-00630; 11/91)
• Miami Area HMOs: Medicare Enrollment Patterns (OEI-04-91-00640; 11/91)

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Health Professional Shortage Areas

• Medicare Incentive Payments in Health Professional Shortage Areas: Do They Promote Access to Primary Care? (OEI-01-93-00050; 6/94)
• Design Flaws in the Medicare Incentive Payment Program: Management Advisory Report (OEI-01-93-00051;6/94)

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Healthy Difference

• Healthy Difference--Lessons Learned About Information Dissemination (OEI-12-91-01430; 8/93)

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Hill-Burton Program

• see also: Hospitals | Dumping
• Public Health Service's Oversight of the Hill-Burton Program (OEI-05-90-00260; 8/92)
• Office for Civil Rights' Oversight of the Hill-Burton Program (OEI-05-90-00261; 8/92)

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Home Health

• Deficiency History and Recertification of Medicare Home Health Agencies (OEI-09-06-00040)
• Beneficiary Access to Home Health Agencies (OEI-02-04-00260; 07/06)
• Effect of the Home Health Prospective Payment System on the Quality of Home Health Care (OEI-01-04-00160;02/06)
• Medicare Enrollment of Home Health Providers (OEI-4-00-00550; 01/02)
• The Physician's Role in Medicare Home Health 2001 (OEI-02-00-00620; 12/01)
• Medicare Home Health Care--Community Beneficiaries: 2001 (OEI-02-01-00070; 10/01)
• Medicare Beneficiary Experiences with Home Health Care (OEI-02-00-00560; 07/01)
• Access to Home Health After Hospital Discharge 2001 (OEI-02-01-00180; 07/01)
• Medicare Beneficiary Access to Home Health Agencies: 2000 (OEI-02-00-00320; 9/00)
• Adequacy of Home Health Services: Hospital Re-Admissions and Emergency Room Visits (OEI-02-99-00531;9/00)
• Medicare Home Health Agency Survey and Certification Deficiencies (OEI-02-99-00532; 9/00)
• Medicare Beneficiary Access to Home Health Agencies (OEI-02-99-00530; 11/99)
• Medicare Reimbursement for Hospital Beds in the Home: Payment (OEI-07-96-00222; 11/98)
• Medicare Reimbursement for Hospital Beds in the Home: Prices (OEI-07-96-00221; 11/98)
• Hospital Stays For Medicare Beneficiaries Who Are Discharged to Home Health Agencies (OEI-02-94-00321;8/98)
• Medicare Hospital Discharge Planning (OEI-02-94-00320; 12/97)
• Home Health: Problem Providers and Their Impact on Medicare (OEI-09-96-00110; 7/97)
• How HMOs Manage Home Health Services (OEI-04-95-00080; 6/97)
• Home Health Services: Medicare Beneficiary Satisfaction and Understanding in 1995 (OEI-04-93-00153;4/97)
• Operating Practices of High-Cost and Low-Cost Home Health Agencies (OEI-04-93-00261; 2/97)
• Operating Practices of Low Cost Home Health Agencies: Seven Case Studies (OEI-04-93-00263; 2/97)
• Hospice Patients in Nursing Homes (OEI-05-95-00250; 9/97)
• Medicare Home Health: Eliminating Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (OEI-09-96-00290; 7/96)
• Medicare Beneficiary Satisfaction With and Understanding of Home Health Services (OEI-04-93-00143;11/95)
• The Physician's Role in Home Health Care (OEI-02-94-00170; 6/95)
• Home Health Agencies: Alternative Coverage and Payment Policies (OEI-12-94-00180; 5/95)
• Variation Among Home Health Agencies in Medicare Payments for Home Health Services (OEI-04-93-00260;7/95)
• Geographical Variation in Visits Provided by Home Health Agencies (OEI-04-93-00262; 9/95)
• Medicare Home Infusion Therapy (OEI-02-92-00420; 10/93)
• Medicare Intermediary Reimbursement to Home Health Agencies for Durable Medical Equipment (OAI-02-87-00016;8/88)
• Home Health Aide Services for Medicare Patients (OAI-02-86-00010; 10/87)

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Homelessness

• Access to Community Health Centers by Homeless Persons (OEI-07-95-00060; 7/96)
• Community Mental Health Centers and Homeless Persons (OEI-07-95-00061; 8/96)
• Medicaid and Homeless Individuals (OEI-05-91-00063; 2/92)
• Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services for Homeless Individuals (OEI-05-91-00062; 3/92)
• Homeless Overview (OEI-05-91-00065; 10/91)
• Homeless Prevention Programs (OEI-07-90-00100; 2/91)
• State Programs to Provide Shelter and Temporary Housing for Families (OAI-07-89-01300; 6/89)
• Homeless Families and Access to AFDC (OEI-05-91-00061; 10/92)
• Emergency Shelters for Homeless Families (OEI-07-91-00400; 10/92)
• State and Local Perspectives on the McKinney Act (OEI-05-90-01090; 12/90)

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Hospice

• Hospice Beneficiaries’ Use of Respite Care (OEI-02-06-00222)
• Medicare Hospice Care: A Comparison of Beneficiaries in Nursing Facilities and Beneficiaries in Other Settings (OEI-02-06-00220)
• Medicare Hospices: Certification and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oversight (OEI-06-05-00260; 04/07)
• Medicare Hospice Beneficiaries: Services and Eligibility (OEI-04-93-00270; 04/98)
• Hospice and Nursing Home Contractual Relationships (OEI-05-95-00251; 11/97)
• Hospice Patients in Nursing Homes (OEI-05-95-00250; 9/97)

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Hospital Beds

• Medicare Reimbursement for Hospital Beds in the Home: Payment (OEI-07-96-00222; 11/98)
• Medicare Reimbursement for Hospital Beds in the Home: Prices (OEI-07-96-00221; 11/98)

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Hospitals

• Long Term Care Hospitals Short-Stay Outliers (OEI-01-07-00290)
• Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals’ Ability To Manage Medical Emergencies (OEI-02-06-00310)
• Hospital Reporting of Deaths Related to Restraint and Seclusion (OEI-09-04-00350)
• Consecutive Medicare Inpatient Stays (OEI-03-01-00430; 06/05)
• Long Term Care Hospitals-Within-Hospitals (OEI-01-02-00630; 08/04)
• Trends in Urban Hospital Closure: 1990-2000 (OEI-04-02-00611; 05/03)
• Trends in Rural Hospital Closure: 1990-2000 (OEI-04-02-00610; 05/03)
• Oversight of Medicare PPS-Exempt Hospital Services (OEI-12-02-00170; 11/02)
• Hospital Closure: 2000 (OEI-04-02-00010; 06/02)
• Hospital Closures: 1990-1999 (OEI-04-02-00180; 12/01)
• Medicare Hospital Prospective Payment System: How DRG Rates Are Calculated and Updated (OEI-09-00-00200;08/01)
• Hospital Closure: 1999 (OEI-04-01-00020; 03/01)
• HCFA Management of Provider-Based Reimbursement to Hospitals (OEI-04-97-00090; 8/00)
• The External Review of Psychiatric Hospitals (OEI-01-99-00160; 5/00)
• The External Review of Hospital Quality: State Initiatives (OEI-01-97-00054; 1/00)
• Y2K Readiness of Medicare Fee for Service Providers as of July 1999 (OEI-03-98-00253; 10/99)
• Hospital Ownership of Physician Practices (OEI-05-98-00110; 9/99)
• Legislative Recommendation to Improve Hospital Reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank (OEI-12-99-00250; 7/99)
• The External Review of Hospital Quality: A Call for Greater Accountability (OEI-01-97-00050; 7/99)
• The External Review of Hospital Quality: The Role of Accreditation (OEI-01-97-00051; 7/99)
• The External Review of Hospital Quality: The Role of Medicare Certification (OEI-01-97-00052;7/99)
• The External Review of Hospital Quality: Holding the Reviewers Accountable (OEI-01-97-00053; 7/99)
• Secondary Analysis of Medicare Provider Readiness for Y2K (OEI-03-98-00252; 6/99)
• Y2K Readiness of Medicare Providers (OEI-03-98-00250; 3/99)
• Hospital Closure: 1998 (OEI-04-99-00330; 7/00)
• Hospital Closure: 1997 (OEI-04-98-00200; 1/99)
• Hospital Stays For Medicare Beneficiaries Who Are Discharged to Home Health Agencies (OEI-02-94-00321;8/98)
• Hospital Closure: 1996 (OEI-04-97-00110; 2/98)
• Medicare Hospital Discharge Planning (OEI-02-94-00320; 12/97)
• Medicare Losses on Hospital Sales (OEI-03-96-00170; 6/97)
• In-Hospital Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment Programs: State Agency and Birthing Hospital Implementation (OEI-06-95-00160; 8/97)
• In-Hospital Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment Programs: Hospital Experiences in Sample States (OEI-06-95-00161; 8/97)
• In-Hospital Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment Programs: Effective Practices in Hospital StaffTraining (OEI-06-95-00162; 8/97)
• In-Hospital Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment Programs: Effective Practices in Parent Outreach (OEI-06-95-00163; 8/97)
• Trends in Rural Hospital Closure (OEI-04-92-00441; 7/93)
• Trends in Rural Hospital Closure: 1987-1993 (OEI-04-95-00050; 8/95)
• Successful Initiatives After Hospital Closure (OEI-04-92-00730; 7/93)
• Medical Assistance Facilities (OEI-04-92-00731; 7/93)
• National Practitioner Data Bank Reports to Hospitals: Their Usefulness and Impact (OEI-01-94-00030;4/95)
• Hospital Reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank (OEI-01-94-00050; 2/95)
• National Practitioner Data Bank: Usefulness and Impact of Reports to Hospitals (OEI-01-90-00520;2/93)
• Specialty Coverage in Hospital Emergency Departments (OEI-01-91-00771; 8/92)
• State Prohibitions on Hospital Employment of Physicians: California Data (OEI-01-91-00772; 2/92)
• State Prohibitions on Hospital Employment of Physicians (OEI-01-91-00770; 11/91)
• Hospital Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions (OEI-12-90-01000; 8/91)
• Effects of Hospital Mergers on Costs, Revenues, and Patient Volume (OEI-12-90-02450; 7/92)
• Financial Arrangements Between Hospitals and Hospital-Based Physicians (OEI-09-89-00330 & OEI-09-89-0331;10/91)
• The Effects of Hospital Mergers on the Availability of Services (OEI-04-90-02400; 3/91)
• The Effects of Hospital Mergers on the Availability of Services: A Case Study of Eight Hospital Mergers (OEI-04-91-00500; 02/91)
• Effects of 1988 Rural Hospital Closures on Access to Medical Care (OEI-04-89-00742; 8/90)
• Hospital Closure: 1995 (OEI-04-96-00060; 11/96)
• Hospital Closure: 1994 (OEI-04-95-00100; 2/96)
• Hospital Closure: 1993 (OEI-04-94-00120; 6/95)
• Hospital Closure: 1992 (OEI-04-93-00500; 3/94)
• Hospital Closure: 1991 (OEI-04-92-00440; 12/92)
• Hospital Closure: 1990 (OEI-04-91-00560; 1/92)
• Hospital Closure: 1989 (OEI-04-90-02440; 1/91)
• Hospital Closure: 1988 (OEI-04-89-01810; 4/90)
• Hospital Closure: 1987 (OAI-04-89-00740; 5/89)
• Hospital Readmissions (OAI-12-88-01220; 1/90)
• Hospital Acquisition of Computer Software Programs: Effective Case Mix Index (OEI-02-88-01310;1/90)
• National DRG Validation Study: Quality of Patient Care in Hospitals (OAI-09-88-00870; 8/89)
• National DRG Validation Study: Short Hospitalizations (OAI-05-88-00730; 5/89)
• Medicaid Credit Balances in Hospital Accounts (OAI-07-88-00470; 4/89)
• Hospital Best Practices in Nurse Recruitment and Retention (OAI-03-88-01121; 12/88)
• Nurse Participation in Hospital Decision Making: Potential Impact on the Nursing Shortage (OAI-03-88-01120;10/88)
• National DRG Validation Study: Unnecessary Admissions to Hospitals (OEI-09-88-00880; 8/88)
• Public Health Service's Oversight of the Hill-Burton Program (OEI-05-90-00260; 8/92)
• Office for Civil Rights' Oversight of the Hill-Burton Program (OEI-05-90-00261; 8/92)

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Hotline

• The Cancer Information Service: Expanding Telephone Access (OEI-09-97-00360; 5/98)
• Hotline Referral Follow-Up (OEI-12-90-01060; 1/91)

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

• see: AIDS

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Human Subject Research

• see: Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)