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The Assistance in Community Integration Services (ACIS) pilot program began in late 2017 with the goal of reducing unnecessary health services use among Medicaid beneficiaries by providing tenancy and housing case management services through four lead entities (LEs). This infographic provides a brief overview of Hilltop’s 2023 review of the pilot program.
The goals of the ACIS program are to reduce unnecessary health services use, increase housing stability, and improve health outcomes for Medicaid participants at risk of institutional placement or homelessness. CMS requires the Maryland Department of Health (the Department) to assess pilot programs operating under the state’s §1115 demonstration waiver using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. At the Department’s request, Hilltop conducted a quantitative analysis of participant characteristics and service utilization for individuals enrolled in ACIS during calendar years (CY) 2019 to CY 2023. This report provides the results of Hilltop’s analysis.
Principal Policy Analyst Christine Gill, PhD, presented this poster at the 2025 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held June 7–9 in Minneapolis.
This document, written by Hilltop Director of Analytics & Research Morgan Henderson, Senior Data Scientist Leigh Goetschius, and Interim Executive Director Alice Middleton, quantifies the impact of removing the 6% provider tax safe harbor threshold on state-level federal Medicaid funding. Using data on hospital and nursing facility tax rates and net patient revenue, this analysis finds that eliminating the 6% provider tax threshold for hospitals and nursing facilities would put $83.7 billion of federal Medicaid funding at risk.
Hilltop Principal Policy Analyst Dolapo Fakeye, PhD, Programmer Prashant Rana, Principal Data Scientist Fei Han, PhD, Senior Director of Analytics & Research Morgan Henderson, PhD, and UMBC Associate Professor Ian Stockwell, PhD, coauthored this article published in Journal of Applied Gerontology. Their study aimed to identify behavioral, cognitive, and functional characteristics associated with the risk of a repeat hospital episode (HE) among the statewide population of dually eligible adults in Maryland receiving long-term services and supports prior to an HE between July 2018 and May 2020.
The Model Waiver provides services to individuals with medically complex needs and a chronic hospital or nursing facility level of care to be supported in their own homes or community-based settings. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2019 through FY 2023.
The Medical Day Care Services (MDC) Waiver provides health, social, and related support services in a community-based setting to functionally disabled adults age 16 and older. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2019 through FY 2023.
The Family Supports Waiver (FSW) provides community-based services and supports to individuals aged 21 years or younger with developmental or intellectual disabilities. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2019 through FY 2023.
The Community Personal Assistance Services (CPAS) program is a state plan program that provides in-home personal assistance services, nurse monitoring, and supports planning to older adults and individuals who need assistance with at least one activity of daily living. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2019 through FY 2023.
The Community Pathways Waiver (CPW) provides community-based services and supports to individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities. The waiver includes both self-directed and traditional service delivery models. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2019 through FY 2023.