Increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Changes under the Affordable Care Act of 2010
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its final rule on the increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) rates under the ACA. Beginning in January 2014, the federal government will cover 100 percent of the costs of newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries through 2016, and then it will phase down to a 90 percent match rate by 2020.
