As part of the Massachusetts Patient-Centered Medical Home demonstration, an evaluation was necessary to understand how much practices transformed to become medical homes. Using our survey research expertise, we provided quantitative data to inform the evaluation.

UMass Medical School’s Work Without Limits is a statewide network of engaged employers and innovative, collaborative partners that aims to increase employment among individuals with disabilities. Our goal is for Massachusetts to become the first state in the nation in which the employment rate of individuals with disabilities is equal to that of people without disabilities.

To strengthen the field of academic criminal justice health, the Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health was launched in 2007. This paper assesses the merits of the conference as a stimulus to advance the field.

This editorial calls for the American Psychiatric Association and other mental health organizations to oppose solitary confinement in U.S. prisons. The editorial reviews the arguments for supporting solitary confinement, referred to as segregation in U.S. prisons and outlines its negative impacts.

We have been conducting a needs assessment to inform efforts to establish a state-level data collection and surveillance plan for systems of services for children and youth with autism spectrum disorder and developmental disabilities in response to a Massachusetts Autism Commission report calling for a statewide approach to meet needs. This poster shares identified gaps in services and coverage.

Community Case Management (CCM), a partnership between UMass Medical School and MassHealth (Massachusetts Medicaid), serves children and adults with highly complex, chronic and challenging medical conditions/disabilities. By creating a single point of entry to receive coordinated services across a wide spectrum of needs, this unique program enables members to stay at home while reducing the burden of care on families. A satisfaction survey was conducted to monitor CCM’s effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.

This brief outlines how Medicaid Section 1115 and ACA Section 1332 waivers work and what states should consider when designing these waivers.

This study documents the prevalence of lifetime and past-year sexual violence against men with disabilities in the U.S., compares these estimates with those of men without disabilities and women with and without disabilities, and examines the gender and relationship of the perpetrator of sexual violence against men with disabilities relative to perpetrator characteristics identified in incidents against other adults.

UMass Medical School researchers have created a framework to better examine the health of women with physical disabilities around the time of their pregnancy. That framework has been described in a paper published in the Disability and Health Journal.