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Home Health Prospective Payment System, Hospice and Home Infusion

Monitoring Medicare’s Home Health, Hospice, and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Benefits

Project
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health, hospice, home infusion therapy, home IVIG, and IRF benefits require constant monitoring of payment policy—and revisions, as needed—to ensure they are working as intended. This enables…
From Policy to Action: Broadening Health Services in Rwanda

From Policy to Action: Broadening Health Services in Rwanda

Impact Brief
Through SHOPS Plus, Abt helped Rwanda increase access to DMPA oral contraceptive by helping to create a regulatory and logistical enabling environment.
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In Southeast Asia, Private Capital Unlocks Small Business Growth

Impact Brief
Through the Australia-supported Investing in Women initiative, Abt connected private capital with high-potential small and medium enterprises, strengthening access to finance and building more resilient labor markets across the region.
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Evaluating the Section 811 Rental Assistance Program

Project
The Section 811 program expands the housing supply for poor people with disabilities. Traditionally, HUD funded nonprofits to develop group homes and small rental developments exclusively for the disabled. Changes in Section 811 provide rental assistance…
Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins

Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins

Project
Toxic cyanobacteria blooms, or cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs), are becoming increasingly problematic as a result of reduced oxygen levels in bodies of water around the globe; Florida has been significantly impacted. 
smokestack emmissions

eGRID: Estimating Air Pollution Emission Rates for Power Generation in the United States

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is the preeminent source of data on the environmental characteristics of electric power generated in the United States. It’s based on available plant…
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Population Health, Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) Program

Project
Abt and three Medicare locals-- Central Queensland, Wide Bay, and Sunshine Coast--formed a consortium to establish a primary health network (PHN).  To strengthen the partnership, Abt recruited a team of professionals and established the Population Health…
Caring for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

Caring for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

Project
Studies indicate that dementia care in the United States is, generally, impersonal and fragmented. Massachusetts requires long-term care facilities to provide dementia care training to direct-care workers. The intention of the regulation was to address…