Steve Eiken and colleagues at Thomson Medstat has released their latest report that present expenditures data for Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers authorized under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act. This report covers FY 2004 to FY 2009. In FY 2009, HCBS waiver expenditures totaled $33.5 billion, a 9.6 percent increase from FY 2008.