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Appendix a: program evaluation effortsDivision Topic DescriptionStrategic Goal 1: Health CareASPEASPEASPEASPEASPEASPEASPEASPEASPEASPEASPECDCCDCCDCCDCMedicare Part D paymentsMedicare physician servicesMental health prevention andtreatment educationMental Health WorkforceDevelopment and RetentionNational Medicare EducationProgramOwn Your FuturePalliative end-of-life carePayments in ambulatory sites ofserviceQuality of Long-Term CareRegional patterns in drugutilizationState health care reformprogramsCommunity-based interventionsfor alcohol-impaired drivingCommunity-based interventionsto reduce motor vehicle-relatedinjuriesFall preventionManagement of the learning-todriveprocessEvaluate risk adjustment used to establish Part D payments to planswith regard to low- income and institutionalized beneficiaries.Assess value-based purchasing options for Medicare physicianservices used by other payers to examine elements that could beused in Medicare.Conducting an evaluation of the impact and distribution of theOffice of Women’s Health’s publication, “People’s Piece on MentalHealth.”Identify gaps in the Nation’s mental health workforce and todetermine what efforts need to be implemented to retain a highlyskilled workforce.Designing an evaluation of the National Medicare EducationProgram, a multifaceted educational and social marketingcampaign intended to inform beneficiaries and their caretakersabout health benefits under the Medicare program.Conduct a followup survey of respondents in five States thatparticipated in the long-term care awareness campaign entitled“Own Your Future,” which encourages consumers to plan ahead forlong-term care.Develop a policy and research conceptual framework to help guidefuture Medicare efforts in palliative end-of-life care.Evaluating the differences between payments for the same servicesin different ambulatory sites of service.Examine whether the current approach to Medicare home healthcare quality adequately captures the potential differences in postacutecare and chronically ill patients.Evaluate regional patterns in drug utilization to determine whetherthese patterns should be accounted for in the Part D payment rates.Evaluate State health care reform programs and theirimplementation, and focus on the employer response to theseprograms in particular. This research can be expected to guideStates and Federal proposals to expand access to health insurancecoverage using premium assistance, private insurance marketreform, and employer-sponsored insurance.Evaluate interventions to decrease alcohol-impaired driving incommunity settings and its resulting deaths and injuries.Evaluate community-based interventions with demonstratedeffectiveness for preventing motor vehicle-related injuries.Evaluate the translation of an exercise intervention that rigorousresearch has shown is effective in reducing falls among older adults,into a program.Evaluate the effectiveness of the Checkpoints intervention tomeasure the restrictions that parents place on their teens as theymove from learner’s permit to provisional license to full licensure.HHS Strategic Plan FY 2007-2012143