This collection contains reports by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). The ASPE advises the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on policy development in health, disability, human services, data, and science; and provides advice and analysis on economic policy. The ASPE leads special initiatives; coordinates the Department's evaluation, research, and demonstration activities; and manages cross-Department planning activities such as strategic planning, legislative planning, and review of regulations. Integral to this role, the ASPE conducts research and evaluation studies; develops policy analyses; and estimates the cost and benefits of policy alternatives under consideration by the Department or Congress.

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• Contingency Management for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: Enhancing Access, Quality, and Program Integrity for an Evidence-Based Intervention
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); November 7, 2024.
• Medical Product Shortages in the United States: Demographic and Geographic Factors and Impacts: Issue Brief
  Trini Beleche and Allison Kolbe.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); July 2024.
• Impact of COVID-19 on Clinical Trials Costs to Patients: Environmental Scan
  Keri Calkins, Emily Crabtree, Emily Harrison, Nyna Williams, and Kirsten Barrett.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); June 25, 2024.
• Behavioral Health Treatment by Service Type and Race and Ethnicity for Children and Youth Involved with the Child Welfare System: BRIEF
  Sarah Lieff and Chandra Couzens. Laura Radel; Mir M. Ali and Kristina West.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); June 2024.
• Impact of Drug Shortages on Patients in the United States: A Case Study of Three Drugs: ASPE Report
  Trinidad Beleche, Oluwarantimi Adetunji, and Sonal Parasrampuria. Namrata Sen, Savyasachi Shah, Emily Girouard, Kevin Dietz, Alex Hartzman, Jesus Andrade, and Jeffrey Lombardo.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); April 2024.
• Transformation of the Clinical Trial Enterprise: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Final Report
  Ariel Dora Stern and Mark Trusheim.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); February 9, 2024.
• Health Information Technology Adoption and Utilization in Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Settings
  Michelle Dougherty, Rebecca McGavin, Joshua E. Richardson, Roberta C. Wines, and Marc Horvath.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); December 5, 2023.
• ASPE Report: Competition in Prescription Drug Markets, 2017-2022
  Sonal Parasrampuria and Stephen Murphy.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); December 2023.
• Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders by Race and Ethnicity, 2015-2019: Issue Brief
  Mir M. Ali, Timothy Creedon, and Erin Bagalman. Juliet Bui; Lisa Clemans-Cope, Emma Winiski, Christal Ramos, Kimá Joy Taylor, and Eva H. Allen.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); November 13, 2023.
• Trends in Ownership Structures of U.S. Nursing Homes and the Relationship with Facility Traits and Quality of Care (2013-2022): Research Brief
  David Stevenson, Hannah Peterson, Robert Skinner, and Estrella Ndrianasy. Robert Tyler Braun, Mark Unruh, and Rahul Fernandez.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); November 13, 2023.
• Advancing Research on Intersections of Child Welfare and Medicaid Using Linked Data from the CCOULD Project: Issue Brief
  Brett Greenfield, Emily Madden, and Robin Ghertner.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); November 2023.
• Community Care Hubs: A Promising Model for Health and Social Care Coordination
  Joshua Breslau, Petra W. Rasmussen, Nabeel Qureshi, Evan D. Peet; RAND Health Care.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); November 2023.
• HHS Call to Action: Addressing Health-Related Social Needs in Communities Across the Nation
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); November 2023.
• Project Update: Child Welfare and Health Infrastructure for Linking and Data Analysis of Resources, Effectiveness, and Needs (CHILDREN) Initiative: Issue Brief
  Brett Greenfield, Laura Chadwick, Emily Madden, and Marissa Abbott.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); November 2023.
• Addressing Homelessness Among Older Adults: Final Report
  Kathryn A. Henderson, Nanmathi Manian, Debra J. Rog, Evan Robison, Ethan Jorge, Monirah Al-Abdulmunem; Westat.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); October 26, 2023.
• Common Reimbursement Mechanisms in Team-Based Behavioral Health Care: Final Report
  Nadya Belenky, Colleen J. Watson, Benjamin Huber, and Brent Gibbons. Judy Goldberg Dey and Laura Jacobus-Kantor.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); October 17, 2023.
• Development of Innovative Reimbursement Mechanisms for Team-Based Behavioral Health Care: Results from Case Studies: Issue Brief
  Colleen Watson, Nadya Belenky, and Brent Gibbons.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); October 17, 2023.
• Reimbursement Mechanisms and Challenges in Team-Based Behavioral Health Care: Issue Brief
  Ben Huber, Nadya Belenky, Colleen Watson, and Brent Gibbons.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); October 17, 2023.
• Linking State Medicaid Data and Birth Certificates For Maternal Health Research: Report
  RAND Health Care; Sara Heins, Zachary Predmore, Annetta Zhou, Emily Hoch; ASPE; Violanda Grigorescu, and Scott Smith.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); October 2023.
• State All Payer Claims Databases: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities for Conducting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Multi-State Studies
  Ashley M. Kranz, Michael Dworsky, Jamie Ryan, Sara E. Heins, Mallika Bhandarkar; RAND Health Care.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); October 2023.
• Identifying and Classifying Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Claims in the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System, 2016-2020: Issue Brief
  Joy Rooney, Carol Irvin, Jeral Self, Anna Pickrell, and Elizabeth Greener. William Haltermann, III and Judith Dey.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); September 18, 2023.
• An Overview of Medicaid Section 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Policy Flexibilities States Adopted During the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency: Issue Brief
  William Haltermann, III; Chandra Couzens, Laura Nolan, Jeral Self, and Melissa Sanchez.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); September 12, 2023.
• Surging the Public Health Workforce: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Response at State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Agencies: ASPE Report
  Mathematica; Katie Morrison Lee, Alyssa Bosold, Cindy Alvarez, Diane Rittenhouse, Sue Felt-Lisk, Faye Miller, and Chris Palo.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); September 2023.
• Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (TAI) for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR): Report
  Prashila Dullabh, Vice President and Senior Fellow, Rina Dhopeshwarkar, Principal Research Scientist, NORC, Desirae Leaphart, Research Scientist, NORC, Caroline Peterson, Senior Research Associate II, NORC, Nicole Gauthreaux, Senior Research Associate I, NORC, Violanda Grigorescu, Senior Health Scientist, ASPE, Jessica Eloso, CDC Public Health Informatics Fellow, ASPE, and Sara Wei, Public Health Analyst, ASPE.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); September 2023.
• Understanding the Impacts of OS-PCORTF Projects on Data Capacity: An Interim Qualitative Assessment: ASPE Report
  Emily Evans, Health Science Analyst, ASPE, Mithuna Srinivasan, Principal Research Scientist, NORC, Correa Kiran, Senior Research Associate II, NORC, Sofia Ryan, Senior Research Associate I, NORC, Mikaela Harmsen, Research Associate II, NORC, Susan Lumsden, Social Science Analyst, ASPE, and Prashila Dullabh, Vice President and Senior Fellow, NORC.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); September 2023.
• Interventions to Prevent Older Adult Suicide: Final Report
  Dylan DeLisle, Abbie Levinson, Baylena Weinstein, Kathryn R. Batts, Sarita L. Karon; RTI International.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); August 25, 2023.
• Emergency Department Interventions for Opioid Use Disorder: Overview of the Landscape, Key Components, and Analysis of Five Case Studies
  Cindy Parks Thomas, Maureen T. Stewart, Cynthia A. Tschampl, and Kumba Sennaar.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); August 23, 2023.
• Changes in Caregiving Networks Over the Course of Disability: Issue Brief
  Melissa M. Favreault; Judith Dey, William Marton, Lauren Anderson, and Helen Lamont.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); August 2, 2023.
• Diversity in Caregiving Needs and Networks: Differences by Race-Ethnicity in the Care Older Adults Receive: Issue Brief
  Melissa M. Favreault; Judith Dey, William Marton, Helen Lamont, and Lauren Anderson.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); August 2, 2023.
• The Economic Value of Unpaid Care Provided to Older Adults Who Need Long-Term Services and Supports: Issue Brief
  Melissa M. Favreault and Richard W. Johnson. Judith Dey, William Marton, Helen Lamont, and Lauren Anderson.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); August 2, 2023.
• Future Change in Caregiving Networks: How Family Caregivers and Direct Care Workers Support Older Adults Now and in the Future: Issue Brief
  Melissa M. Favreault, Judith Dey, Lauren Anderson, Helen Lamont, and William Marton.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); August 2, 2023.
• Wages of Direct Care Workers Lower Than Other Entry-Level Jobs in Most States: Issue Brief
  Olga Khavjou, Guadalupe Suarez, and Denise Tyler. Marie Squillace, Judith Dey, and Iara Oliveira.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); August 2, 2023.
• Understanding Markets for Antimicrobial Drugs: Issue Brief
  Sullivan Casey and Kolbe Allison.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); August 2023.
• Medicare Part B Drugs: Trends in Spending and Utilization, 2008-2021: Issue Brief
  Nguyen X. Nguyen, T. Anders Olsen, Steven H. Sheingold, and Nancy De Lew.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); June 9, 2023.
• OS-PCORTF Annual Reports
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); May 19, 2023.
• ASPE Report to Congress: Impact of Drug Shortages on Consumer Costs
  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); May 2023.
• Medicare Advantage Overview: A Primer on Enrollment and Spending: Issue Brief
  Lanlan Xu, W. Pete Welch, Joel Ruhter, Nguyen X. Nguyen, Steven Sheingold, Nancy De Lew, and Benjamin D. Sommers.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); May 2023.
• Updated National Survey Trends in Telehealth Utilization and Modality (2021-2022): Issue Brief
  Euny C. Lee, Violanda Grigorescu, Idia Enogieru, Scott R. Smith, Lok Wong Samson, Ann B. Conmy, and Nancy De Lew.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); April 19, 2023.
• Variation Across States in Loss of Medicaid Coverage Among Pregnant Beneficiaries with Substance Use Disorders: Issue Brief
  Mir M. Ali, Kristina D. West, and Martin Blanco.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); April 13, 2023.
• Best Practices for COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing: Environmental Scan Report: ASPE Report
  Mathematica; Eli Michaels, Cindy Alvarez, Katharine Bradley, Alyssa Bosold, Colleen Staatz, Ruth Hsu, and Sheila Hoag.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); April 2023.
• Medicaid Enrollees Who are Employed: Implications for Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision: Issue Brief
  Aiden Lee, Joel Ruhter, Christie Peters, Nancy De Lew, and Benjamin D. Sommers.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); April 2023.
• FDA User Fees: Examining Changes in Medical Product Development and Economic Benefits: Issue Brief
  Sonal Parasrampuria and Trinidad Beleche.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); March 2023.
• Factors Contributing to Reductions in Patient Wait Times at Indian Health Service Emergency Department Facilities: A Mixed-Methods Assessment: Research Report
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); February 2023.
• Implementing and Sustaining Zero Suicide: Health Care System Efforts to Prevent Suicide
  John Richardson, Kiersten Johnson, Dylan DeLisle, Camara Wooten, Adam Miller; RTI International.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); January 2023.
• Claims and Provider Payment Data Gaps for Responding to COVID-19
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); 2023.
• State Medicaid Telehealth
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); 2023.
• Antimicrobial Drugs - Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance: Final Report
  Aylin Sertkaya, J. Daniel McGeeney, Calvin Franz, Clara Berger, Owen Stokes-Cawley, and Natalie Rodman.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); December 26, 2022.
• Analysis of Market Challenges for Antimicrobial Drug Development in the United States: Final Report
  Aylin Sertkaya, Ayesha Berlind, J. Daniel McGeeney, Clara Berger, and Owen Stokes-Cawley.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); December 23, 2022.
• Antimicrobial Drugs Market Returns Analysis: Final Report
  Aylin Sertkaya and Calvin Franz.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); December 16, 2022.
• Implementation of an Electronic Care Plan for People With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Final Report
  Laura Haak Marcial, Sara Armson, Keegan Barnes, Eric Puster, Jeanette Renaud, Jacqueline Bagwell, Djibril Camara, Michelle Bobo, MJ Dunne, Matthew Storer, and David Dorr.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); November 2022.
• Addressing the Opioid Overdose Crisis Through Better Data
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); October 2022.
• Enhancing Data Infrastructure to Improve Women’s Health Outcomes
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); October 2022.
• Linking Child Welfare and Medicaid Data: Lessons Learned from Two States: Child and Caregiver Outcomes Using Linked Data (CCOULD) OPRE & ASPE Report
  Tami L. Mark, Melissa Dolan, Benjamin Allaire, and Christina Bradley.
  Washington (DC): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); October 2022.