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• Calculated the fiscal impact of a change in policy by the state of Texas immunization program. View the full report.
• Advised the staff and board of a rural health clinic in Texas on the options available for future operations and the benefits and challenges of the various options.
• Evaluated the regulatory and administrative functions of the state of Texas mental retardation contracted services and made recommendations for reducing and/or eliminating burdensome and duplicative functions and paperwork. View the full report.
• Prepared a report summarizing the work of the City of Austin Mayor’s Mental Health Task Force, a group 80 individuals who met over a period of four months to develop solutions to issues related to the delivery of mental health services in the community. View the full report.
• Analyzed the local fiscal impact of proposed reductions to a state program providing HIV medications to low-income clients. View the full report
• Compared the level of service and funding of five large, urban hospital districts in Texas with the City of Austin and Travis County. View the full report
• Collected and analyzed data on current health care services and funding and gaps in the five-county Austin – San Marcos Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area for a regional health care task force formed to address health care issues and provide recommendations to elected officials. This data report is a comprehensive source of information about the health care delivery system in the five-county area.
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Developed an inventory of organizations providing services to small business in the Austin area. View inventory
• Worked with state agency staff to research, write, and edit portions of the Texas Medicaid Managed Care Evaluation Report presented to the Texas state legislature in November 2000. Our efforts focused on the experience of states across the U.S. with cost savings as a result of Medicaid managed care as well as literature reviews on access to care and competition among Medicaid managed care providers.
• Provided consultation and developed policy briefs summarizing quantitative research reports about the Medicaid program in Texas conducted by a major state contractor.
• Conducted a survey and prepared an evaluation report to assist a state agency in increasing responses to a statewide Request For Proposal.
• Reviewed the fee accounts receivable reports generated by a Travis County agency for compliance with the GASB 34 directive regarding government reporting of fee assessments and collections. Developed specifications to reprogram the computer system to collect and report fee assessments and collections as required.
• Using data from the Texas Education Agency, developed a model for estimating state-wide per student costs of providing a basic public education in Texas.
• Developed a model for determining the costs to local governments in Texas of park acquisition, development and maintenance for the next several years. View report
• Compared the level of environmental watershed protection funding and services in the City of Austin with other jurisdictions around the country. Prepared cost estimates for recommended new programs.
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 • Evaluated the 2002 performance of a local HIV prevention program targeting African-American women.
• Reviewed the business processes of the Travis County agency responsible for the collection and distribution of child support payments. We worked with computer programmers to implement an automated program to generate delinquency notices for child support and fees. We developed flow charts to illustrate the new processes incorporating the automated functions and wrote policies and procedures and trained staff on the new system.
• Implemented automated module allowing custodial parents to receive child support payments directly into their bank account. Developed new policies and procedures and trained staff.
• For two and a half years, Morningside Research and Consulting collected and analyzed data and prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual evaluation reports for a privately-funded program providing health and social services to parenting and expecting teenagers.
• Developed a policies and procedures manual for a new state program.
• Prepared a final evaluation report for a state pilot program for adoptive parents.
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