Posted on July 20, 2011 12:14
Categories: Medicaid | Legislative and Regulatory Issues
Topics: Legislation (National) | Medicaid | Rates/Reimbursement
On June 22, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released a fact sheet outlining the role of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) funding in financing states’ Medicaid programs and examining the implications of the expiration of that funding. The brief notes that the funding helped address Medicaid shortfalls during the economic recession, but projects that states will face difficult fiscal choices as that funding expires June 30 and their share of Medicaid financing increases. The authors note that the expansion of Medicaid caseloads that occurred because of rising unemployment are a particular source of difficulty.
From the report:
Through state fiscal year (SFY) 2011, states struggled from the effects of the recent recession with high unemployment, depressed revenues and increased demand for services, including Medicaid. As national unemployment has held at over nine percent and the number of uninsured Americans continues to grow, Medicaid has played a critical role in providing coverage to many who otherwise would be uninsured, especially children. State economies were bolstered by the enhanced federal Medicaid matching funds (FMAP) from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which was effective October 2008 through December 2010 and then extended at lower levels through June 2011.
Full Report: Enhanced Medicaid Match Rates Expire in June 2011 (PDF | 792 KB)
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2011). Enhanced Medicaid match rates expires in June 2011.
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