| Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicaid Section 1915(c) Waiver Programs Annual Expenditures and Beneficiaries Report, Analysis of CMS 372 Annual Reports for 2017-2018. This report provides summary information from annual CMS Form 372 report submissions and focuses on trends in section 1915(c) home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver program participation, service use by HCBS population, and expenditures for 2017-2018. Section 1915(c) HCBS waiver programs comprise an important component of HCBS delivery systems in most states. Some of the highlights from this report show: - Nationally, in 2018, approximately 1.8 million individuals participated in section 1915(c) waiver programs, representing a 4.9 percent increase from the prior year.
- When normalized for overall U.S. population growth, there were approximately 5.81 section 1915(c) waiver program participants per 1,000 total U.S. residents in 2018.
- In 2018, average section 1915(c) waiver program expenditures per participant per year were $29,453.
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