The benefits of expanding funding for Medicaid long-term care home and community-based
services (HCBS) relative to institutional care are often taken as self-evident. However, little is …

As the articles in this issue by Rose and colleagues and Kunkel and Lackmeyer explain,
there are multiple federal and state funding streams for HCBS, and the aging network has …

Background. In rebalancing from nursing homes (NHs), states are increasing access of NH-
certified dually eligible (Medicare/Medicaid) patients to community waiver programs and …

Background Although older adults prefer to age at home, Medicaid has a longstanding
institutional bias in funding long‐term services and supports (LTSS). Some states have …

Purpose: We compared inpatient days, nursing home days, and total Medicaid claims for five
Medicaid-funded home-and community-based services (HCBS) programs for in-home and …

Objectives To compare hospitalizations of dually eligible older adults who had an extended
M edicaid nursing home (NH) stay and transitioned out to receive M edicaid home‐and …

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to, among frail dually eligible older adults, determine
risk factors for the likelihood of using Medicare home health and Medicaid home health …

Background: Medicaid waiver home and community-based long-term care services (HCBS)
may provide a partial solution to the escalating costs of long-term care. Persons with …

Background The original purpose of the Medicaid program was to provide health care and
nursing home services to poor persons. Today, more than one-third of all Medicaid spending …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether type and volume of Medicaid Home‐and Community‐
Based Services (HCBS) waiver program are associated with risk of hospitalization and …