State Information and Statistics

Demographics

Notes: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding effects. For more details, see "Notes to Topics Based on the Current Population Survey (CPS)" at http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/methodology. Population and demographic data on are based on analysis of the Census Bureau’s March 2011 and 2012 Current Population Surveys (CPS; Annual Social and Economic Supplements) and may differ from other population estimates published yearly by the Census Bureau. U.S. and state population data displayed on this site are restricted to the non-institutionalized, civilian (not active duty military) population; state data represent 2-year averages.

Sources: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2011 and 2012 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic Supplements). U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey, Table S2701, available at: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/data/acs/aff-2010.html

Spending

Sources: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid

Notes: FY2012: Effective from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012

Duals (Medicare)

*Notes: These are original and revised annual state "clawback" payments from CMS based on December 2005 actual enrollment of Medicaid and Medicare dual eligibles. They represent the payment amounts that states will be assessed to finance a portion of Medicare Part D for each dual eligible during 2006. The newly updated National Health Expenditures (NHE) growth rate in per capita prescription drug spending between 2003 and 2006 was used by CMS in the calculation of the new clawback figures. The total percentage reduction in annual payments is -9.66%. For more details about the Clawback, see KCMU''s "The ''Clawback:'' State Financing of Medicare Drug Coverage," available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7118a.cfm.

Sources: Urban Institute estimates based on data from the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) and Medicaid Financial Management Reports (CMS Form 64) prepared for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Available at: http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7846.cfm.

An Update on the Clawback: Revised Health Spending Data Change State Financial Obligations for the New Medicare Drug Benefit, Table 2, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU), March 2006. Available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7481.cfm.

Definitions

Dual Eligibles are individuals entitled to Medicare who are also eligible for some level of Medicaid benefits.

CMS: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Clawback: The mechanism through which the states will help finance the new Medicare drug benefit is commonly referred to as the "clawback," the statutory term for which is "phased-down state contribution."

NHE: The National Health Expenditures growth rate in per capita prescripton drug spending between 2003 and 2006 is used to calculate the state contribution for dual eligibles in Medicare Part D. For details about the NHE from CMS, see http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/".

KCMU: The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured

MMIS Procurement (As of April 27, 2012)

*Sources: http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-Topics/Data-and-Systems/Downloads/MMISFACSR.pdf

Waivers

Waivers (continued)

Sources: The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) and The University of California at San Francisco's (UCSF) analysis based on The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Form 372, December 2009, Table 5. "Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service Programs: Data Update" available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7720.cfm.

Definitions

N/A: No waiver offered. 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service

Waiver: Serves as one of three main ways a state can provide Medicaid home and community-based services. The other two are Personal Care Services and the Home Health Benefit.

MR/DD: Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

TBI/SCI: Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury