CMS approved the State Plan Amendment (SPA) for the FQHC portion of the Uncompensated Care Pool (UCP) in December. This means that CMS will pay a federal match to FQHCs for UCP funds for 2016 and beyond. CHCANYS is in close communication with the NYS Dept. of Health (DOH) regarding the SPA, and additional details on the disbursement of funds will be coming shortly. Earlier this year, CMS declined to approve a waiver for the UCP. As a result, CHCANYS worked with DOH to develop a new Medicaid-based distribution methodology for the UCP funds that was ultimately submitted to CMS as a SPA. Details on the methodology are available here.
We could not have achieved this without the hard work of health center supporters across the state Thank you for your dedication and advocacy!