The enhanced FMAP subsidies, created by the stimulus bill, are scheduled to end on Dec. 31, 2010. The extended funding is part of a bill that would also extend payments for a Medicare physician fee fix.
With states still having great difficulty funding Medicaid, the AHA and other hospital organizations are asking Congress to extend enhanced FMAP funding for six months, until June 30, 2011.
Read Politico’s report on Medicaid funding.
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