This series of chart books, entitled Medicaid Long-Term Supports and Services in Maryland, summarizes demographic, service utilization, and expenditure data for state fiscal years 2001 through 2008 on three Maryland Medicaid waiver programs - the Older Adults Waiver, the Living at Home Waiver, and the Autism Waiver - and on nursing facility utilization among Maryland Medicaid recipients. These chart books, prepared for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, are intended to monitor trends in these programs. Hilltop plans to update the chart books annually.

This chart book provides information about Maryland Medicaid participants who receive services through the Older Adults Waiver program. The purpose of the Older Adults Waiver is to enable low‐income individuals aged 50 years and older to remain in a community setting even though, because of their health status, they are eligible for placement in a long‐term care facility. The waiver program is authorized under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act and approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.