Access of target groups to 1915(c) Medicaid home and community based waiver services.

Objectives: The study examined the access of specific target groups to the 1915(c) home and community based waiver program in terms of the number of participants, services, and expenditures for 1992 and 1997.

Methods: The study collected HCFA 372 waiver program statistics from each of the states and compared statistics for the two time periods. A regression examined the increase in program expenditures.

State Medicaid home health licensing and certification.

This study collected and analyzed data on the number of licensed and certified home health care agencies and licensed home care/personal care agencies in the US. The study also examined the state laws and regulations pertaining to Medicaid home health agency requirements. There were 14,045 licensed home health agencies and 801 other licensed home care or personal care agencies in the US, but only 59 percent of these agencies were certified in 1998.

Predicting state Medicaid home and community based waiver participants and expenditures, 1992-1997.

Purpose: The study examined trends and predictors of state Medicaid home and community based waiver participants and expenditures from 1992 to 1997 to identify factors of interest to policy makers and clinicians.

Design And Methods: HCFA Form 372 data were collected from state officials for each waiver for each year. Two separate regression analyses were conducted to examine the effects of sociodemographic, economic, political, policy, and health services on state waiver participants and expenditures.