Mission: To conduct timely and meaningful research and evaluation to inform health and disability policy, with the goal of improving access to and quality of care for all people, particularly for those with disabilities and chronic illnesses.

Staff:
Jean Hall, Director - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Noelle Kurth - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Jan Moore - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Natalie Peters
Carolisa Watson

Current Projects

Evaluation of the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans Under the Affordable Care Act: Immediate and Long-Term Implications for Federal Health Policy
Sponsored by a grant from The Commonwealth Fund, this project monitors the implementation, operation, and enrollment in the PCIP programs nationally, with the intent of providing practical information to policy makers to make needed short-term adjustments to the PCIPs and to inform longer-term design and planning of exchange programs, particularly in relation to people with chronic conditions.

The Nexus of Employment, Health and Disability
With funding from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, this project documents long-term outcomes associated with increased work earnings and efforts of participants in Working Healthy, examines health and quality of life changes related to work, and fosters innovative data management techniques necessary to identify health disparities.

CDC Module F Project: Disability Surveillance
Funded by the CDC Surveillance grant through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the goal of this project is to expand disability data surveillance in Kansas by enhancing utilization of existing but underutilized secondary disability data and expanding the use of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to more fully understand and meet the needs of persons with disabilities statewide.

Working Healthy: the Kansas Medicaid Buy-In
Working Healthy allows people with disabilities to maintain Medicaid coverage when returning to or increasing employment. DAS staff members serve as external evaluators of the program. A new grant under the same initiative focuses efforts on increasing employment opportunities for Kansans with disabilities.

News

Jean Hall Quoted in the Washington Post -
February 02, 2012
Recent Article Published by Jean Hall & Noelle Kurth -
February 02, 2012
Jean Hall Blog: PCIP Enrollment -
December 06, 2011