| 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. Please learn more here: https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/long-term-services-supports/reports-evaluations/index.html |
