The KFF released a data update on Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) based on 2006 expenditure and participant data from three sources: 1915c HCBS waivers, the mandatory home health benefit, and state plan personal care service benefits.  Among other findings, the report notes that the percentage of national Medicaid spending on HCBS has increased from 19 percent in 1995 to 41 percent in 2007.  The report also presents data on eligibility criteria, providers, services, and waiting lists for all three programs, as well as reimbursement rates for the home health and personal care services in 2008. 

From the report:

This report presents a summary of the main trends to emerge from the latest (2006) expenditures and participant data for the three main Medicaid HCBS programs: (1) optional 1915(c) HCBS waivers, (2) the mandatory home health benefit, and (3) the optional state plan personal care services benefit. It also presents findings on eligibility criteria, provider, service and waiting lists for all three programs, as well as provider reimbursement rates for the home health benefit and the personal care services benefit in 2008.

Full report: Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Programs: Data Update (PDF | 685.33 KB)

Kaiser Family Foundation. (2009). Medicaid home and community based services programs: data update.