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States' use of Medicaid to meet the needs of autistic individuals.
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- Brief Report: Healthcare Utilization and Expenditure Trends Among Autistic Transition Age Youth.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Comparing the prevalence of substance use disorders between persons with and without autism spectrum disorders.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia Among Medicare and Medicaid Enrolled Autistic Adults, 2011-2019.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- Short report on navigating access to care for Medicaid-enrolled autistic youth and young adults: Examining accrual of intellectual disability diagnoses in adolescence.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Unrealized Cross-System Opportunities to Improve Employment and Employment-Related Services Among Autistic Individuals.The Milbank quarterly · 2023Review
- Toward Equity in Research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities · 2023Article
- Predictors, Parental Views, and Concordance Across Diagnostic Sources of Autism in Male Youth with Fragile X Syndrome: Clinical Best Estimate and Community Diagnoses.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2023Article
- Association Between Medicaid Waivers and Medicaid Disenrollment Among Autistic Adolescents During the Transition to Adulthood.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- "Don't Promise Something You can't Deliver:" Caregivers' Advice for Improving Services to Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism.Autism research and treatment · 2023Article
- Medicaid Disruption Among Transition-Age Youth on the Autism Spectrum.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2022Article
- States' use of Medicaid to meet the needs of autistic individuals.Health services research · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the use of Medicaid programs, including waivers, to address the needs of aging autistic individuals. DATA SOURCES: We gathered data on Medicaid programs in place between 2004 and 2015 for 50 states and the District of Columbia from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website, by contacting state Medicaid administrators and advocacy groups, and by reviewing the Medicaid Analytic eXtract Waiver Crosswalk. STUDY
designThis retrospective analysis classified each Medicaid program and documented state changes over time in eligibility criteria: those serving autism spectrum disorder only, autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability, and intellectual disability only. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION
methodsWe captured age and diagnosis eligibility criteria for Medicaid programs serving any of the three target groups. PRINCIPAL
findingsA total of 269 Medicaid programs met our criteria and most programs (51%) were 1915(c) waivers. The number of autism-specific 1915(c) waivers grew more than fivefold during the study period, outpacing increases in waivers serving individuals with intellectual disability.
conclusionsStates varied in their use of Medicaid to address the needs of the aging autism population. Further study of characteristics of states that changed their Medicaid programs, and of the health care use and outcomes associated with these changes, are needed to identify opportunities to replicate effective approaches to meeting the needs of this population.
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