Policy Implications. This includes an interpretation of the conclusions; the impact of the Demonstration within the health delivery system in the State; the implications for State and Federal health policy; and the potential for successful Demonstration strategies to be replicated in other State Medicaid programs.
Policy Implications. Carbon contract for difference - an overview. ICF Consulted Services Limited for the European Commission, DG Climat, 2020. RTE. Signal prix du co2. analyse de son impact sur le système électrique européen. Technical report, Direction de l’économie, de la prospective et de la transparence, RTE, 2016. URL xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/sites/default/files/ pdf-actualites/etude_signal_prix_du_co2.pdf. RTE. La transition vers un hydrogène bas xxxxxxx. atouts et enjeux pour le système électrique à l’horizon 2030-3035. Technical report, Direction de l’économie, de la prospective et de la transparence, RTE, 2020. URL xxxxx://xxxxxx.xxx-xxxxxx.xxx/prod/public/ 2020-07/rapport 20hydrogene.pdf.
Policy Implications. At the conclusion of the 5th & 6th Street Conversion Feasibility Study in September of 2016, the Commission encouraged staff to find ways to make construction of the preferred alternative possible by FY19. Cooperative funding with associated partner agencies is one way to help make that possible. ACHD legal staff has reviewed this agreement.
Policy Implications. It has been agreed that there is a reporting relationship to Health and Wellbeing Board for the PACT Leadership Group and its work programme. Financial Implications: (Authorised by the Section 151 Officer) Legal Implications: (Authorised by the Borough Solicitor) There are no direct financial implications arising from this report. Achieving this ‘new relationship’ will require clear leadership, governance and accountability. It would be helpful to set out expectations in a MOU. Risk Management : There are no risks associated with this report. Access to Information : The background papers relating to this report can be inspected by contacting Xxxx Xxxxxxx Telephone: 0000 000 0000 xxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Policy Implications. While current policy priorities continue to emphasize value-based APMs, policymakers must consider building additional support mechanisms and incentives to help providers succeed in the new environment. Participation in an alternative delivery model alone does not necessarily yield high value care, but rather how providers adapt and integrate their internal processes and resources. Future policy efforts should consider establishing more consistency among value-based performance measures and reporting requirements across individual payment contracts to enhance integration and shared accountability (Xxxxxx et al., 1994). Consideration should also be given to mechanisms that enhance clinician-level integration through policies for data sharing and evidence-based practices. It may also be worthwhile to establish investment subsidies, similar to the HITECH Act, for infrastructure (e.g., predictive analytics that facilitates efficient care delivery. As it relates to the future of current APM offerings, policymakers should limit one-sided risk models. While it is important for providers to still have access to one-sided risk incentives, they also reduce commitment to new processes and infrastructure that these new models demand. Thus, attention should be given to designing payment and delivery models like bundles that encourage care coordination and integration, but simultaneously push providers towards downside risk. Pairing these efforts alongside policies that xxxxxx competition (X. X. Xxxxxx, 1996) based on quality will help accelerate the transition from volume to value. To the extent that there is question whether policymakers should prioritize voluntary or mandatory programs, findings from this study suggest that a combination approach is likely needed. Considering the findings from a recent evaluation of mandatory versus voluntary bundled payment arrangements, both approaches contribute to hospital engagement in care redesign and risk assumption (Xxxxxxx et al., 2018). Some contend that voluntary programs are biased by self-selection, as hospitals with stronger capability and infrastructure are more likely to opt into such models, therefore warranting the need for more mandatory programs (Xxxxxxx et al., 2018). However, voluntary programs have been found give hospitals the incentive to strengthen and build up their capacity for risk (Xxxx et al., 2017). Given that the findings from this study highlight the importance of hospitals needing to expand their s...
Policy Implications the “Decalogue of Policy Making 2.0” On the basis of the analysis of the experience of the four cases studied and reflected in the interaction with their stakeholders, a set of policy implications were derived. Such implications have been formulated into concrete recommendations (defined as the “Decalogue of Policy Making 2.0”) that should be taken into account by policy makers and stakeholders when initiating similar endeavours. This set of recommendations is addressed not only to policy makers, but also to modellers, practitioners, researchers and policy making 2.0 case development teams, which should all work together in a collaborative manner towards delivering effective applications and methodologies to advance the use of ICT solutions for better governance and policy making. With this audience in mind, the report presents the complete set of recommendations characterized as the “Decalogue of Policy Making 2.0” as it aims at infusing a very practical and applicable approach to all stakeholders that needs to be involved in such process. It is crucial for all of them to understand and acknowledge all recommendations for a complete case, even if some of them refer to specific actors and not to the overall set of stakeholders. Such a mutual understanding will allow fruitful collaborations in the future and more result-oriented activities, where all parties will be able to comprehend the requirements and the work carried out by each involved actor. As such, the recommendations that are presented below are also classified: • Based on the stakeholder groups they refer to, which are: o Policy Makers o Modellers o Researchers • Based on their scope regarding the overall case development that can be divided in the following steps/phases o Business Model and Strategy definition of the case o Implementation and Technology Aspects o Engagement of Stakeholders The set of policy recommendations is depicted in Figure 4 below. As described above, the figure presents the recommendations oriented towards multiple stakeholders (ranging from Policy Makers, to Modellers and Researchers) and classified based upon their scope according to the Business model and strategy issues that should be addressed, the Implementation and Technology aspects that should underlying it, and finally the ways that the Engagement of the various stakeholders should be achieved.
Policy Implications. This analysis indicates that as the number of living children increases, the likelihood of approval of family planning and discussion of family planning issues by both partners increases. In sub-Saharan Africa, communication between husband and wife about family planning issues when they have a “large family” is an indication of latent demand for fertility control. A couple’s communication about family planning and their reproductive goals allow partners to plan whether and when to have children and how many to have. In addition, it leads to the adoption of contraceptive methods, and the continued use of the methods chosen. Men’s involvement in family planning decisions is crucial if couples are to achieve their joint fertility desires. Governments and donors should promote the expansion of community outreach programs that focus on family planning education, particularly those emphasizing the programmatic impact of spousal communication. Given the generally high level of approval of family planning and the low level of spousal communication, family planning programs need to implement better ways of reaching couples and community leaders, to encourage discussion between spouses on family planning and reproductive goals. Many factors constrain the use of family planning in sub-Saharan Africa. For example, couples may not know about contraception or the types of contraceptive methods available; cultural values may support high fertility and thus discouraging use of contraception; a woman’s low status relative to her husband/partner may limit her ability to use family planning services; women may lack access to choices regarding contraceptive methods; and women may have misinformation about the effectiveness of contraceptive methods and their side effects. Family planning programs should provide information to address such constraints, to encourage spousal communication about contraception, and to help couples recognize their contraceptive needs and fertility desires. In communities where polygyny is widely practiced, men’s roles present a challenge to family planning and reproductive health programs. In such societies, the man is often involved in decisionmaking with different, often conflicting, implications for each of his wives or partners. Programs that aim to encourage communication between spouses must consider the challenges that a polygynous relationship presents. Furthermore, to better understand contraceptive use dynamics in a polygynous union, the ...
Policy Implications. Overall low quality indicates a need for a quality improvement initiative using proven methods. Minimum guidelines for quality beyond state licensing standards should be used to ensure that children in subsidized programs are receiving adequate care and to oversee state and federal investments in early childhood education. (author abstract) Universities and Research Organizations Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx; Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X.; Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx. (2011) After child care subsidies for TANF leavers: Implications for child school readiness Philadelphia: Temple University, Family and Children's Policy Collaborative. A longitudinal study of the child care arrangements of children of former welfare recipients in southeastern Pennsylvania who received child care subsidies after leaving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), based on analyses of secondary and administrative data for 157 children Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X.; Xxxxx, Xxxxx (2010) The impact of child care subsidies on child well- being: Evidence from geographic variation in the distance to social service agencies (NBER Working Paper Series No. 16250). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. In recent years, child care subsidies have become an integral part of federal and state efforts to move economically disadvantaged parents from welfare to work. Although previous empirical studies consistently show that these employment-related subsidies raise work levels among this group, little is known about the impact of subsidy receipt on child well-being. In this paper, we identify the causal effect of child care subsidies on child development by exploiting geographic variation in the distance that families must travel from home in order to reach the nearest social service agency that administers the subsidy application process. Using data from the Kindergarten cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, our instrumental variables estimates suggest that children receiving subsidized care in the year before kindergarten score lower on tests of cognitive ability and reveal more behavior problems throughout kindergarten. However, these negative effects largely disappear by the time children reach the end of third grade. Our results point to an unintended consequence of a child care subsidy regime that conditions eligibility on parental employment and deemphasizes child care quality. (author abstract) Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X.; Xxxxx, Xxxxx (2008) Child care subsidies and child development (Discussion Paper No. 3836). ...
Policy Implications. 4.1 NHS Merseyside has agreed that in order to ensure a seamless transition of the Public Health Functions to the Council on the 1st April 2013 and to encourage early engagement and integration with all key stakeholders, that the Council shall manage and supervise the Public Health Functions during the Transitional Period.
Policy Implications. Steps have to be taken to avoid contractual arrangements that deprive ARBs of control over their lands. The DAR explicitly discourages the formation of lease arrangements, calling these a “last resort”(Presidential Agrarian Reform Committee, 1997). Such policies, without addressing the underlying economic considerations that motivate lease arrangements, are insufficient. As in the case of HEARBCO 2, even growership arrangements can be written to pass costs to ARBs, preventing their success and driving them to financial hardship. Policy 22By poverty income, I am using the World Bank standard of $1.90/day, which, in bi-weekly terms would come to 1,223.6 pesos(World Bank and IMF, 2015). makers should not see AVAs as a means to address the challenges which ARBs face. They should instead tackle these problems first so that agribusiness partnerships become a viable option for ARBs. In the context of a post-CARP rural economy, familiar measures such as guaranteeing affordable credit, insurance, and building farm-to-market roads would reduce the anticipated costs of cultivating bananas. Such policies reduce the incentives for smallholders to accept contracts where they lose effective control over land. XXXX, however, also introduces the burden of amortization payments to ARBs. My findings suggest that amortization payments are one of the reasons that ARBs take contracts where the cede control over their holdings. The state has to formulate an alternative method of compensation to former landowners that does not pass this burden to ARBs. Further, the pricing of land must not include the former owners subjective valuation since this leaves room for manipulation by landed elites. Of late, some land reform advocates have already called for making land distribution free23. This would certainly be a welcome development, but it needs to address the difficulties of current ARBs who bear the debt burden. Agrarian reform authorities must also give institutional support to ARBs. One way to do this is to provide pro xxxx legal assistance and consultation. This service is particularly important for ARBs who find themselves in unfair contracts, and who would like to renego- tiate their terms of incorporation. Second, they can regularly convene key representatives of agrarian reform groups who they can consult on cooperative formation, contracting, and best practices that they may suggest to ARBs. By doing so, ARBs can obtain more infor- mation on alternative contracts, profit l...
