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State Information > Medicaid Waivers > Georgia

Georgia Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS Waivers, 2005.

In 2005, there were 24,686 participants in the 5 waiver programs in Georgia (Table 1) with expenditures totaling $326,279,629 (an average expenditure of $13,217 per participant) (Table 2).

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

Waiver Name by Waiver Target Group

Number of
Georgia
Participants

 Georgia Participants per 1,000 Population US Participants per 1,000 Population
Total MR/DDnote 8,479 0.93 1.47
     MR  7,183  0.79
-
     Comm. Hab and Support  1,296  0.14
-
Total TBI/SCInote 623 0.07 0.04
     Indep. Care TBI  623  0.07
-
Total Aged/Disabled 15,418 1.7 1.41
     Community Care  15,418  1.7
-
Total Children 166 0.02 0.06
     Oxygen/vent dependent kids  166  0.02
-
Total [5 waivers] 24,686 2.72 3.59


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

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

US Expenditures per Participant
Total MR/DDnote $200,733,862 $23,674 $39,325
     MR  $147,032,907  $20,470
-
     Comm. Hab and Support  $53,700,955  $41,436
-
Total TBI/SCInote $23,882,382 $38,334 $31,114
     Indep. Care TBI  $23,882,382  $38,334
-
Total Aged/Disabled $94,867,006 $6,153 $8,694
     Community Care  $94,867,006  $6,153
-
Total Children $6,796,379 $40,942 $10,946
     Oxygen/vent dependent kids  $6,796,379  $40,942
-
Total [5 waivers] $326,279,629 $13,217 $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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