FY 12 DHSS Budget Overview - Alaska Department of Health and ...

Benefits provided to children comprised 4.7% of claim payments while benefits provided to
adults comprised 56.1%. Services provided to the elderly were 39.2% of the Senior and
Disabilities Services Medicaid claim payments.
Source: MMIS-JUCE data.
FY2010 Senior and Disabilities Services Medicaid
Claim Payments by Benefit Group
Disabled Adults
56.0%
Elderly
39.2%
Children
0.4%
Adults
0.2%
Disabled Children
4.3%
The Division of Senior and Disabilities Services served 1,246 recipients through the Adult with
Physical Disabilities Waiver program at a cost of $23,200 per recipient. Approximately 250
participants were served though the Children with Complex Medical Conditions Waiver program
at a cost of $45,000 per participant. Through the Mental Retardation/ Developmental Disabilities
Waiver program, 1,363 recipients were served at a cost of $74,700 per recipient. SDS also served
1,737 seniors through the Older Alaskans Waiver program at a cost of $24,200 per senior.
Of the services managed by the Senior and Disabilities Services Medicaid component, more
Medicaid clients used home- and community-based waiver services than nursing home or
personal care assistance services. Waiver services comprised 51% of SDS Medicaid costs in
FY10. Nursing home and personal care claim payments accounted for about 23% and 26% of
costs, respectively.
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