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How FMAP and provider taxes work: a quick explainer from the Joint Fiscal Office briefing
Summary
Nolan Langall (Joint Fiscal Office) gave a plain-language explanation of FMAP (the federal matching rate for Medicaid) and described how states use provider taxes to raise matching funds; he outlined federal rules that require taxes to be broad-based, uniformly applied, and not hold providers harmless.
At a Joint Fiscal Office briefing, Nolan Langall provided a primer on FMAP and how provider taxes function as a financing mechanism for Medicaid.
FMAP stands for federal medical assistance percentage; Langall said it is a federal formula that determines the share of state Medicaid benefit costs paid by the federal government. He explained the broad mechanics: FMAP is calculated by comparing a state's three-year average per-capita personal income with the national average and is announced annually by the federal government. Federal rules cap the match at no less than 50 percent and no more than 83 percent for any state.
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