Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Enrollment and Spending

Article Publication Date:

4/4/2019

Summary:

This issue brief highlights Medicaid HCBS enrollment and spending data from the Kaiser Family Foundation's 17th annual state survey. The report found that nearly all Medicaid HCBS enrollment (86%) and spending (93%) went to services provided at state option. This optional nature of most HCBS covered populations and services puts individuals at risk of losing services if the current structure of Medicaid financing were to change.

Article Author:

Musumeci, MaryBeth; Chidambaram, Priya; O'Malley Watts, Molly

Topics:

Financing HCBS; Medicaid; Medicaid Waivers

Types/Tools:

Data; Reports

Populations:

Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness

Sources:

Kaiser Family Foundation

Programs/Initiatives:

section 1115