Medicaid Home And Community-Based Services: National Program Trends

This recent Health Affairs article presents the latest program trends in the three Medicaid home and community-based services programs (waivers, home health, & state-plan personal care) and reports a national survey of cost control policies used on waiver programs in 2002. The findings show slowing annual rates of participation growth on individual programs, widespread use of cost controls on waivers including waiting lists, and the persistence of large interstate variations.