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Expanding Medi-Cal Eligibility for People with HIV: Cost Modeling with the
State of California
Period of Performance: 04/01/99-12/31/99
POI assist the California Medi-Cal program to identify budget-neutral
mechanisms to extend Medicaid coverage to uninsured persons infected with HIV.
This effort included numerous meetings with staff from Medi-Cal, as well as
community agencies and advocacy groups. POI staff designed a programming
algorithm to identify beneficiary records for inclusion in an a database,
supervised the conversion of the software to SAS for application to California
Medicaid claims records, reviewed and commented regarding data output, and
assisted in development of tabular and written results. POI also contributed to
the concept paper and subsequent 1115 waiver application to CMS.
Survey of Physician Practicing in HIV Clinical Settings: Adoption of
National HIV Guidelines and the Feasibility of Large Randomized Trials to
Evaluate When to Initiate HIV Therapy
Period of Performance: 07/01/01 – 07/31/02
The objectives of the study are to survey physicians delivering HIV care in
clinical settings to assess the adoption of the PHS Guidelines for the
Treatment of HIV Disease in Adults and Adolescents. The survey is being
conducted in collaboration with the Foundation, IDSA, FCHR, and DHHS. The
survey assesses provider knowledge of the guidelines, with a particular focus
on when to initiate ARV therapy. POI addressed these objectives through: (1)
formation of an advisory group of nationally recognized HIV clinical experts
and federal staff; (2) design and field a nationally representative survey of
HIV clinicians practicing in public settings; (3) design a webpage using
VisualStudio.net to allow survey respondents to record their survey responses;
(4) develop an Access file used to automate the data; (5) data entry and
cleaning; (6) transfer of Access databases to SPSS for statistical analysis;
(7) prepare tabular results using Excel and SPSS; (8) prepare graphic results
using MS Graph Charts and PowerPoint, and (9) prepare a report to the client.
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