Working Well Reports & Presentations | Texas Health and Human Services

State Reports

Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment 24-Month Report, Dec. 20, 2010 (PDF)
This report presents results at the conclusion of the Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment, after 24 months of intervention. It also shows significant findings at 12 and 24 months, so changes across time can be observed.
Texas Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Final Report, Sept. 30, 2010 (PDF)
Final report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services describing significant findings from the Texas Working Well Project.

Presentations

Translating Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Data into State Policy (PDF) Poster presented at Medicaid Infrastructure Grant/Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Summit, New Orleans, April 22-24, 2008.
Who's at Risk for Disability: Lessons from Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (PDF) Poster presented at Medicaid Infrastructure Grant/Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Summit, New Orleans, April 22-24, 2008. [Characteristics of Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment participants at study entry]
Work Motivation (PDF) PowerPoint presentation at Medicaid Infrastructure Grant/Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Summit, New Orleans, April 22-24, 2008 [data on participants' work motivation at study entry from Texas and Minnesota Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment]
Differential Impact of Enhanced Health and Employment Supports on Patient Health Utilization (PDF) Poster presented at the Addiction Health Services Research Conference, San Francisco, and Oct. 28-30, 2009 [Compares intervention and control group at 12 months]
Health and Healthcare Utilization Differences Among Singly- and Dually-Diagnosed Low-Income, Uninsured Working Adults (PDF) Poster presented at the Addiction Health Services Research Conference, San Francisco, Oct. 28-30, 2009 [Compares Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment participants with mental health disorders, substance-use disorders and both disorders at study entry].
Supporting Health Care Workers (PDF) PowerPoint presentation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Technical Expert Panel on Earlier Intervention for Serious Mental Illness, Washington, May 13, 2009 and the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant/Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Summit, San Francisco, April 28-30, 2009 [Characteristics of health care support workers in Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment study and issues relating to this employment group].
Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment 12-Month Outcomes (PDF) PowerPoint presentation at the Mathematica Policy Research Texas site visit, Austin, Sept. 15, 2009.
Who is Most at Risk for Disability: Lessons from Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (PDF) Poster presented at Medicaid Infrastructure Grant/Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Summit, San Francisco, April 28-30, 2009. [Compares characteristics of Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment participants with those of candidates screened out of study because they were already on or had applied for disability]
Access to Health Care Among Low-Income Working Adults at Risk of Disability: Impact of a Case Management Program (PDF) Poster presented at the Society for Disability Studies Conference, Philadelphia, June 2-5, 2010 [Compares intervention and control group at 18 months]
Assessing Individual Substance Use Based on Information from Multiple Data Sources – poster presented at the American Evaluation Association Conference, San Antonio, Nov. 10-13, 2010 (PDF) [Compares information about Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment participants' substance use gleaned from different sources]
Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment: Working Well 18-Month Outcomes (PDF) PowerPoint presentation at Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Summit, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 19-21, 2010.
The Impact of Case Management on Independence and Employment – PowerPoint presentation at Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Summit, Pittsburgh, April 19-21, 2010 (PDF) [Examines impact of case management activities on participant outcomes at 18 months].
Enhanced Health Benefits Impact on Medication Utilization Among Low-Income, Uninsured Working Adults with Behavioral Health Conditions-PowerPoint presentation at Academy Health 2010 Conference, Boston, June 2010. (PDF) [Examines effect of intervention by examining differences in medication utilization]
Examining Adjusted Clinical Group health measures as outcomes in longitudinal research within a public health system. (PDF) PowerPoint presentation at the Adjusted Clinical Group International Conference, Tucson, Arizona, May 5-8, 2010. [Describes how Adjusted Clinical Group measures showed increased health morbidity as a result of greater access to care]
Impact of a case management program to reduce dependence on federal benefits for low-income working adults with potential disabilities. (PDF) PowerPoint Presentation at the American Public Health Association Conference, Denver, Nov. 6-9, 2010. [Results showing impact of Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment intervention on disability outcomes]
Evaluating Patient Adherence to Antidepressant Therapy among Uninsured Working Adults Diagnosed with Major Depression: 12-Month Results from the Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Study. (PDF) Poster presented at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomic Outcomes and Research, Atlanta, May 2010. [Examines medication utilization for those Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment participants with major depression]
Texas Mental Health Transformation Work Group, Austin, December 2010 (PDF) Presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
National Association of State Medicaid Directors, Arlington, Virginia, November 2010 (PDF) Presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
National Home and Community-based Services Conference, Boston, October 2008 (PDF) Presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
Texas Integration of Health and Behavioral Health Workgroup (est. by HB 2196, 2009 Texas Legislative Session) (PDF) Presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
National Medicaid Infrastructure Grant/Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Summit, San Francisco, April 2009 (PDF) Presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
Congressional Briefing, Washington, April 2008 (PDF). Presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
National Medicaid Infrastructure Grant/Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Summit, Chicago, November 2006 (PDF) Presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
National Medicaid Infrastructure Grant/Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment Summit, Baltimore, 2007 (PDF) (Part of panel presentation) presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
National Home and Community-based Services Conference, Atlanta, September 2010 (PDF) (Part of presentation on Evidence-Based Practices) presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
Administrators in Academic Psychiatry, National Conference, Austin, March 2010 (PDF) (Part of presentation on Evidence-Based Practices) presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment
Preventing Disability: Working Well in Texas (PowerPoint Slide Show, 2.63 MB) Presentation about Working Well by State Project Director Dena Stoner at the 24th Annual National Home and Community-based Services Conference in Boston on Oct. 1, 2008. This presentation provides an overview of Working Well, discusses initial findings (including findings regarding long-term care workers) and highlights participant experiences.
The Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment: Findings from Texas and Minnesota (PDF) Webinar sponsored by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Financing and Medicaid Division, presented by Dena Stoner, Director, Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment and Mary Alice Mowry, Director, Minnesota Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment on Feb. 15, 2011.