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State Information > Medicaid Waivers > Massachusetts

Massachusetts Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waivers, 2005.

In 2005, there were 19,026 participants in the 3 waiver programs in Massachusetts (Table 1) with expenditures totaling $644,221,852 (an average expenditure of $33,860 per participant) (Table 2).

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Table 1, Massachusetts 1915(c) HCBS Waiver Participants, by Waiver and Waiver Target Group, 2005

Waiver Name by Waiver Target Group

Number of
Massachusetts
Participants

Massachusetts Participants per 1,000 Population US Participants per 1,000 Population
Total MR/DDnote 11,870 1.84 1.47
     MR  11,870  1.84
-
Total TBI/SCInote 88 0.01 0.04
     TBI  88  0.01
-
Total Aged 7,068 1.1 0.37
     Frail Elders  7,068  1.1
-
Total [3 waivers] 19,026 2.95 3.59


Table 2, Massachusetts 1915(c) HCBS Waiver Expenditures, by Waiver and Waiver Target Group, 2005

Waiver Name by Waiver Target Group
Massachusetts
Expenditures
Massachusetts Expenditures per Participant

US Expenditures per Participant

Total MR/DDnote $611,852,251 $51,546 $39,325
     MR  $611,852,251  $51,546
-
Total TBI/SCInote $5,042,421 $57,300 $31,114
     TBI  $5,042,421  $57,300
-
Total Aged $27,327,180 $3,866 $8,001
     Frail Elders  $27,327,180  $3,866
-
Total [3 waivers] $644,221,852 $33,860 $21,681

This information is part of the Center for PAS report:

Harrington, C. & Ng, T. (March 2009). Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Data, 2005.

Source: Center for PAS analysis of CMS Form 372 waiver data.

Notes:

MR/DD: Mental Retardation/Developmentally Disabled

TBI/SCI: Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

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