Association of Health Care Journalists
Minneapolis, MN
$254,300—Developing a media guide on health care quality (for 18 months). ID#41411

Benjamin Rose Institute
Cleveland, OH
$746,489—Evaluating the Chronic Care Networks for Alzheimer’s Disease project (for 30 months). ID#40335

Building Health Systems for People with Chronic Illnesses
Initiative to find models of caring for people with chronic illnesses that will overcome the fragmentation, financing barriers, and episodic care of the current system (for the periods indicated).

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia, PA $148,780—Demonstration of an integrated care program for chronically ill residents in personal care homes (9 months). ID#42438 George Washington University Medical Center Washington, DC $395,550—Increasing access to health coverage for persons with chronic disabling conditions (2 years). ID#42031

University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies San Francisco, CA $99,908—Improvement of chronic disease management by restructuring provider payments (for 1 year). ID#32131 California Health Decisions Orange, CA $174,000—Educating consumers and providers about prescription medications (for 2 years). ID#41745 Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation Program to test and evaluate the efficacy of programs in four states that offer clients the choice of receiving monthly cash allowances instead of case managed service benefits (for the periods indicated).

Arkansas Department of Human Services Little Rock, AR $99,962—(11 months). ID#41810 State of New Jersey Department of Human Services Trenton, NJ $100,000—(9 months). ID#43761 University of Maryland Center on Aging College Park, MD $716,021—Technical assistance and direction for Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation (1 year). ID#44394 $399,727—Evaluation of Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation: supplement (9 months). ID#42387 $78,000—National conference on consumer choice in long-term care (8 months). ID#42370

Center for Growing and Becoming Incorporated Sherburn, NY $304,990—Establishing community alternatives to nursing homes (for 1 year). ID#43280 Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research Inc. Waltham, MA $586,352—Decisions, choices, and care management among an admission cohort of privately insured disabled elders (for 30 months). ID#43223