Related Publications for Henry Ireys

Implementing a Whole Health Model in a Community Mental Health Center: Impact on Service Utilization and Expenditures

This study examined whether implementing a whole health care model in a community mental health center reduced the use of acute care services and total Medicare expenditures.

The Effectiveness of a Peer-Staffed Crisis Respite Program as an Alternative to Hospitalization

This study assessed whether a peer-staffed crisis respite program implemented in New York City in 2013 reduced emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and Medicaid expenditures for individuals enrolled in Medicaid.

Care Coordinators in Integrated Care: Burnout Risk, Perceived Supports, and Job Satisfaction

This study examined burnout risk and job satisfaction reported by care coordinators in three programs integrating physical and behavioral health care; it also assessed the relationship between job support and burnout and the organizational supports helpful to care coordinators.

Care Coordination for Children with Special Needs in Medicaid: Lessons from Medicare

As increasing numbers of children with special healthcare needs move into Medicaid managed care, health plans can improve care coordination using evidence from Medicare.

After the Demonstration: What States Sustained After the End of Federal Grants to Improve Children’s Health Care Quality

Under the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program, CMS awarded $100 million through 10 grants that 18 state Medicaid agencies implemented between 2010 and 2015.

Federal Stewardship of the Medicaid Program: Strengthening Data Systems for Effective Decision Making

This issue brief examines the history of Medicaid data and identifies current opportunities to use emerging data systems to guide the program’s continued evolution.

Evaluating the HCIA - Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Awards: Addendum to the Third Annual Report

This addendum extends the analyses reported in the third annual report.

Evaluating the HCIA - Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Awards: Third Annual Report

In this third annual report, we focus on the third goal: “telling the story” of each awardee by describing its program objectives, implementation experiences, and participants’ outcomes, using CMMI’s four core measures to the extent possible.

Primary Care Physicians’ Experiences With and Attitudes Toward Pediatric Quality Reporting

While pediatric quality reporting is considered a promising strategy, in this study state efforts appeared insufficient to overcome the barriers to using reports to guide practice-based quality improvement.

Physician Perspectives on Medical Home Recognition for Practice Transformation for Children

Patient-centered medical home recognition can be valuable to practices as public acknowledgement to payers and patients that certain processes are in place, and can also catalyze new and continued transformation.

Evaluating the HCIA – Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Awards: Second Annual Report

In this report, we focus on questions selected in collaboration with our contracting officer representative as the most feasible and important to examine at this stage of the evaluation.

State Variation in the Delivery of Comprehensive Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

Medicaid beneficiaries with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder require a range of services and supports. This descriptive study used 2007 Medicaid claims data from 21 states and the District of Columbia to examine the extent to which this population received guideline-concordant medications, medication...

Associations Between Practice-Reported Medical Homeness and Health Care Utilization Among Publicly Insured Children

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is widely promoted as a model to improve the quality of primary care and lead to more efficient use of health care services.

Evaluating the HCIA - Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Awards: First Annual Report

The Affordable Care Act authorized the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to test innovative health care payment and service delivery models with the potential to lower spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Improvement...

How are CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States Designing and Implementing Caregiver Peer Support Programs?

This brief focuses on efforts in four states—Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, and Utah—to expand access to peer support for caregivers of children with special health care needs.

State and Demographic Variation in Use of Depot Antipsychotics by Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia

This study found the use of injectable antipsychotics varied substantially among state Medicaid programs. African Americans received a disproportionate share in many states.

Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE)

This is the third and final report on the national Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) evaluation. Authorized under the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, the program awards funds to states to develop, implement, and evaluate early interventions for workers...

Use of Out-of-Home Care Among a Statewide Population of Children and Youth Enrolled in Medicaid

This study used Medicaid claims to examine patterns of out-of-home care—residential treatment, psychiatric hospitals, and general hospitals—and identify demographic and diagnostic characteristics associated with the sector of care used.

Effects of a Discharge Planning Program on Medicaid Coverage of State Prisoners with Serious Mental Illness

This study assessed the effectiveness of a discharge planning program implemented in three Oklahoma state prisons to assist inmates with serious mental illness to enroll in Medicaid on the day of release or soon thereafter.

Use of Hospital Emergency Services by Youths in Out-of-Home Care

Youths placed in out-of-home settings often receive mental health services from several sectors of care, but the extent to which they use hospital emergency services is uncertain.