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Evaluation of The Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health Program: Prenatal Case Management ProgramThe Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health Program, (MIRHP) formerly known as the Bureau of Maternity Services and Family Planning, has a distinguished history of leadership in reproductive health. The Program was formed in 1967 to promote the …
Capstone Projects
Developing a Sarbanes Oxley-like Approach to Enterprise Risk Management in Healthcare OrganizationsVisiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), a $900 million certified home healthcare agency, serves more than 100,000 patients annually in New York City and is the largest nonprofit agency of its kind in the nation. Currently, VNSNY is focusing on …
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Child Development Services in Medicaid Managed care Organizations: What does it Take?Objective. We sought to understand why certain Medicaid managed care organizations (MMCOs) implemented child development services or programs and how they had done so. We also sought to identify barriers and facilitators to successful initiation and …
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GASB Statement 34: Curriculum and Teaching Concerns for Schools of Public Policy and ManagementDiscusses the challenges posed by incorporating Statement No. 34 of the U.S. Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Basic Financial Statements-and Management's Discussion and Analysis-for State and Local Governments (GASB 34) in the core curriculum of a …
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Performance Evaluation, Public Management Improvement and Democractic Accountability: Some Lessons from Latin AmericaThe results-oriented management reforms fostered by the New Public Management movement are often argued to emphasize the search for efficiency, quality and other typical market values at the expense of democratic accountability. On the other hand, …
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Thad CalabreseThad Calabrese's research and teaching focus broadly on applying financial management theories and techniques to organizations engaged in providing public services - in the public and not-for-profit sectors. He is an active researcher and his work has …
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Robyn SteinRobyn L. Stein is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a consultant to not-for-profits with a focus on strategic marketing/communications, fundraising, event production, sponsorship …
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The Use (or Misuse) of Community Participation in the Establishment and Management of Protected Areas in the Developing WorldThe Capstone team developed a policy paper intended to inform key decision makers about the current debate surrounding the use of participatory techniques in establishing and managing Protected Areas in the developing world. The discussion includes an …
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NYU Wagner’s Online Master of Health Administration Program Awarded Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) NYU Wagner’s Online Master of Health Administration (MHA) program has earned accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). The accreditation assures the program’s quality, which was founded as NYU Wagner’s …
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An Intergovernmental Perspective on Managing Public Finance for Service Delivery: Assessing Neglected Issues in the Health Sector and BeyondImproving service delivery outcomes has long been at the top of the agenda in international development. The urgency for action has intensified in the face of a global pandemic, climate change, and worsening inequality. Despite a shared agenda, approaches …
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Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-profit OrganizationsS. A. Finkler, D. L. Smith, and T. Calabrese …
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ADORE: A Framework for Community Building to Dismantle anti-Black Racism in AcademiaIn higher education, power structures, including anti-Black racism, perpetuate whiteness and thwart the full capability of human potential for Black Americans. The aggregate impact of anti-Black racism, a specific form of racism, potentiates the …
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Management Matters: Strengthening the Research Base to Help Improve Performance of Safety Net ProvidersIt is becoming increasingly apparent that some disparities in health outcomes for vulnerable populations relate to performance of providers. Based on analysis of Medicaid claims records, large differences in performance among primary care providers are …
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Assessing Waste Management Practices in Ustupo, PanamaLand is Life works to support indigenous communities in their efforts to protect their lands, cultures, and livelihoods. Working in the Kuna Yala region of Panama, the Capstone team was invited by the island of Ustupo to analyze postconsumer waste. The …
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Auto-Assignment and Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care (MMMC) in New York CityAuto-Assignment of individuals into Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care (MMMC) plans is sometimes cited as an indication of poor education and outreach efforts. The Capstone team investigated, via literature and key informant review, the utility of …
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The Health Policy and Management (HPAM) Gap-From Diagnosis to Prescription: a response to two commentariesWe reflected on why the field of HPAM has had little impact on the basic arrangements within which most physicians practice. We argued that this failure reflects four dimensions of a theory-policy-practice gap: 1) The dominance of microeconomic thinking; …
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MUP CurriculumFocus Area Courses Public Policy and Planning in New York Climate Economics Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities Planning for Emergencies and Disasters Water Sourcing and Climate Change Climate Policy and Politics Topics in Urban …
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Why do so many American families feel so financially insecure?Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider …
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Risk Management and Risk Analysis-Based Decision Tools for Attacks on Electric PowerIncident data about disruptions to the electric power grid provide useful information that can be used as inputs into risk management policies in the energy sector for disruptions from a variety of origins, including terrorist attacks. This article uses …