Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published the FY 2018 Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP), Enhanced FMAP, and disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments.  These amounts will be used to determine federal matching amounts for state expenditures for Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and certain other medical and other social services, applicable from October…

Several Congressional committees have held hearings recently on health policy issues, including:

  • A House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on the Medicaid and CHIP Federal Medical Assistance Percentage formula.
  • House Ways and Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and Energy and Commerce Committee hearings on President Obama’s proposed FY 2017 HHS budget request.
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On February 9, 2016, President Obama is scheduled to submit his proposed fiscal year 2017 budget to Congress.  Two Congressional committees have planned hearings to examine provisions of the proposed budget involving the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell testifying.  Specifically, the House Ways and Means Committee has…

HHS has published the FY 2016 Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP), Enhanced FMAP, and disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments. These percentages, which will apply from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016, apply in determining the federal matching for state expenditures for Medicaid and certain other medical and other social services.

HHS has published a notice announcing the Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP), Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (eFMAP), and disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments for fiscal year (FY) 2015. The new amounts will be used in the calculation of federal matching for state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expenditures and other HHS programs, beginning October…

On April 2, 2013, CMS published a final rule establishing increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) rates for certain adult populations under states’ Medicaid programs effective January 1, 2014, as authorized by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The rule sets forth the method states will use to claim the matching rate that is available for…

HHS has announced the adjusted Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) rates for the second and third quarters of FY 2011. The rates reflect temporary increases in the FMAP rates under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act  to provide fiscal relief to states and to protect and maintain state Medicaid and certain other assistance programs in…