The Hospital Care Assurance Program (HCAP) is the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services’ mechanism for meeting the federal requirement to provide additional payments to hospitals that provide a disproportionate share of uncompensated services to the indigent and uninsured.
The current HCAP program meets the federal requirement that the assessment rate be uniform across all non-psychiatric hospital providers and that at least 10% of the hospitals receive less than their assessed amount in HCAP funding.
For Federal Fiscal Year 2011 HCAP, the following structure of assessments and federal funds will be used:
| 2011 Hospital Assessments | $198,661,026 |
| 2011 Federal Share | $346,440,794 |
| 2011 Total Available HCAP Funds | $545,101,820 |
Preliminary 2011 Uncompensated Care Data:
| Uncompensated Care costs for uninsured patients with income below FPL | $600,549,927 |
| Uncompensated Care costs for uninsured patients with income above FPL | $599,897,710 |
| Medicaid Shortfall | $644,510,692 |
| Total OBRA Cap | $1,844,958,329 |
For more information, please visit our most recent Frequently Asked Questions about HCAP rules, eligibility, and procedures. If you have a question about the status of a pending HCAP application or need to request an application, please contact the hospital where you applied or would like to apply for the program.
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