Federal Government Announces Medical Assistance Percentages for Fiscal Year 1999

Summary

The US Department of Health and Human Services has released the Federal Medical Assistance Percentages and Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages for Fiscal Year 1999, which will be effective from October 1, 1998, through September 30, 1999. These percentages will be used to determine the amount of federal matching funds for state medical and insurance expenditures.