LTSS Dashboard Update History
December 2022 Release
The December 2022 release includes 40 measures focusing on utilization data. Additional measures will be added on a flow basis. Future iterations will enhance data visualization capability and add data around quality and cost.
This release shows that California continues to have a strong rate of LTSS “rebalancing,” otherwise known as HCBS utilization compared to overall LTSS use. This is due to our state’s robust array of HCBS programs. In 2021, 85 percent of the Medi-Cal beneficiaries that used LTSS services used HCBS; only approximately 15 percent of LTSS beneficiaries stayed in a LTC facility but did not use HCBS.
This release also shows an increase in HCBS use each year, as well as a decline in average monthly census and overall use of LTC facilities in 2020 and 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fact Sheet
The Fact Sheet includes highlights from the initial data release including changes over time in use of Home and Community-Based Services as well as select demographic information.