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Medicaid Home Care/HCBS Survey

KFF regularly administers the Medicaid HCBS survey of states about their home- and community-based services programs. The survey is sent to officials administering Medicaid HCBS programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The survey is sent to each state official responsible for overseeing the administration of HCBS programs (including home health, personal care, and waiver services).

Before 2015, KFF and researchers at University of California San Francisco conducted the survey. Starting in 2016, KFF and Watts Health Policy Consulting have conducted the annual survey. Not all years’ surveys are available because the survey was not administered in some years and in other years, KFF replaced earlier reports with the most recent data.

Reports for some prior years are no longer on our website, but may be requested via KFF’s Contact Us form. To view more surveys administered by KFF's Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, visit this page.

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  • Medicaid Home Care (HCBS) in 2025

    Issue Brief

    This issue brief provides an overview of what Medicaid home care (also known as “home- and community-based services” or HCBS) is, who is covered, and what services were available in 2025.

  • Payment Rates for Medicaid Home Care Ahead of the 2025 Reconciliation Law

    Issue Brief

    Increased payment rates for Medicaid home care workers are states’ key approach to addressing workforce shortages. This issue brief describes Medicaid payment rates for home care and other workforce supports that are in place in 2025, before the majority of the 2025 reconciliation law provisions start taking effect.

  • Medicaid’s Home Care Support for Family Caregivers in 2025

    Issue Brief

    Medicaid home care programs offer various supports to family caregivers such as paid caregiving, self-directed services, respite care, and caregiver training. This issue brief describes the availability of self-directed services and supports for family caregivers in Medicaid home care in 2025, before most provisions in the reconciliation law take effect.

  • States’ Management of Medicaid Home Care Spending Ahead of H.R. 1 Effects

    Issue Brief

    Using data from the 23rd KFF survey of officials administering Medicaid home care programs, this issue brief describes the mechanisms states are currently using to limit Medicaid spending on home care and their plans for adopting new mechanisms in state fiscal year (FY) 2026.

  • What is Medicaid Home Care (HCBS)?

    Issue Brief

    This issue brief provides an overview of what Medicaid home care (also known as “home- and community-based services” or HCBS) is, who is covered, and what services were available in 2024.

  • How do Medicaid Home Care Programs Support Family Caregivers?

    Issue Brief

    This issue brief provides new information about family caregivers from KFF’s most recent survey of state Medicaid HCBS programs, including a discussion of paying family caregivers, self-direction, and supports available for family caregivers.