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Medicaid Waivers include 1115 Demonstration Waivers, 1915(a, b, and b/c Managed Care Waivers) and 1915(c) Home and Community Based Waivers. 

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Compare States: Waiver Recipients

Waiver Recipients

Waiver Expenditures

Waiver Average Cost per Person

Compare States: Waiver Average Cost Per Person

Waiting for Medicaid Waivers

Waiting for Waiver Compared to Waiver Recipients and ICF/IID Residents

Percent Waiting for Waivers by State

Compare States: Percent Waiting for Waivers

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Preparation of this presentation was supported, in part, by a cooperative agreement (90DN0297) from the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and Families, and a grant (#H133B080005) from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore necessarily represent official AIDD or NIDRR policy.

Larson, S.A., Eschenbacher, H.J., Anderson, L.L., Taylor, B., Pettingell, S., Hewitt, A., Sowers, M., & Bourne, M.L. (2018). In-Home and Residential Long-Term Supports and Services for Persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: Status and trends through 2016 PDF. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration.

Definitions

Medicaid Waiver: Funding authorized in Sections 1115; 1915 (a) (b) (b/c); or 1915 (c) of the Social Security Act. The Medicaid website maintains a detailed list of Medicaid waivers by state

Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID): Medicaid-funded institutions housing four or more people with IDD in which 24 hour supports and services are provided. The annual cost of ICF/IID settings includes food, shelter and clothing as well as comprehensive and individualized health care, rehabilitation and habilitation services

Abbreviations and notes:

  • *: See State notes in the Appendix of the RISP report
  • b: Nonstate settings reported, but not state settings.
  • c: State settings reported, but not nonstate settings.
  • d: Other date than June 30 of the reporting fiscal year
  • DNF: Did Not Furnish
  • e: Estimate from the state
  • i: Imputed Estimate generated based on provided data
  • PD: Partial Data
  • s: Other Source (see the full report PDF for citations and details)

List of Available Charts

Chart Gallery main page

  • Living Arrangements
    • Long-Term Supports and Services (LTSS) Recipients by Setting Type and Year

    • Compare States: Percent of LTSS Recipients by Setting Type

    • Living Arrangements of LTSS Recipients by Fiscal Year Over Time

    • People with IDD in Nursing Home and Psychiatric Facilities

  • People Served by IDD Agencies

    • People Served by IDD Agencies by Fiscal Year

    • People Served by State IDD Agencies per 100,000 of the Population

    • Long-Term Supports and Services Recipients

  • Medicaid 

    • Medicaid Recipients by Funding Authority 1982-2016

    • Medicaid Expenditures by Funding Authority 1982-2016

    • Medicaid Average Cost per Person by Funding Authority 1982-2016

    • Medicaid Average Cost per Person by Age

    • Waiting for Medicaid Waivers

Medicaid Waiver

  • Compare States: Waiver Recipients per 100,000

  • Waiver Recipients

  • Waiver Expenditures

  • Waiver Average Cost per Person

  • Compare States: Waiver Average Cost Per Person

  • Waiting for Medicaid Waivers

    • Waiting for Waiver Compared to Waiver Recipients and ICF/IID Residents

    • Percent Waiting for Waivers by State

    • Compare States: Percent Waiting for Waivers

Medicaid ICF/IID

  • Compare States: ICF/IID Residents per 100,000

  • ICF/IID Residents

  • ICF/IID Expenditures

  • ICF/IID Average Cost Per Person

  • Compare States: ICF/IID Average Cost per Person