Medicaid: A Small Share Of Enrollees Consistently Accounted For A Large Share Of Expenditures

Released in May of 2015, this report by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) examines the distribution of expenditures among Medicaid-only enrollees, determines whether the proportions of high-expenditure Medicaid-only enrollees in selected categories changed or remained consistent from year to year, and determines whether the distribution of high-expenditure Medicaid-only enrollees’ expenditures among selected categories of service varied across states. GAO analyzed data from the Medicaid Statistical Information System Annual Person Summary File for fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011, the most recent years for which data from almost all states were available . . .