Below is a listing of select Hilltop publications and presentations. You can search by type, topic, date, and/or title. The search function searches for key words in both the title and the publication summary. Click on the publication’s title below to go to its summary.
Accessibility Notice: Publications released before April 24, 2026 have not been remediated for Section 508 compliance.
The Family Supports Waiver 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) 2020 through FY 2024.
The Community Personal Assistance Services 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) 2020 through FY 2024.
The Home and Community-Based Options Waiver (CO Waiver) provides community-based services and supports that enable older adults and those with physical disabilities to continue living in their own homes or in assisted living facilities. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2020 through FY 2024.
The Community Supports Waiver provides community-based services and supports to individuals of all ages with developmental or
intellectual disabilities. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2020 through FY 2024.
The Community Pathways Waiver provides community-based services and supports to individuals with developmental or intellectual
disabilities. This infographic provides information for fiscal year (FY) 2020 to FY 2024.
The Community First Choice Program is a §1915(k) state plan program that provides home and community-based services to
older adults and individuals with disabilities who meet an institutional level of care. This infographic presents information for fiscal year (FY) 2020 through FY 2024.
The Brain Injury (BI) Waiver provides services to individuals aged 22 or older with a brain injury diagnosis who require specialty 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) 2020 through FY 2024.
Autism Waiver services enable individuals who have Autism Spectrum Disorder and who meet an institutional level of care to be supported in
their own homes or community-based settings. Graphics presented here provide information about Maryland Medicaid participants who
received services through the Autism Waiver for fiscal year (FY) 2020 through FY 2024.
This annual report, written for the UMBC community, provides an overview of key projects and staff accomplishments for FY 2025.
Hilltop Principal Data Scientist Fei Han, PhD, Principal Policy Analyst Christine Gill, PhD, and Senior Policy Specialist Elizabeth Blake coauthored this article published in Healthcare Informatics Research with UMBC Associate Professor Ian Stockwell, PhD. The study aimed to identify association rules in patients with multiple chronic conditions, with a focus on patterns involving depression, a highly prevalent psychiatric disorder and a significant risk factor for suicide. Understanding comorbidity patterns in patients with depression is critical for targeting screening efforts, enabling early diagnosis, and improving chronic disease management.