HCAP
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 2009 HCAP, the following structure of assessments and federal funds will be used:
| 2009 Hospital Assessments |
$213,761,512 |
| 2009 Federal Share |
$349,243,178 |
| 2009 Total Available HCAP Funds |
$563,004,690 |
Preliminary 2009 Uncompensated Care Data:
| Uncompensated Care costs for uninsured patients with income below FPL |
$468,569,000 |
| Uncompensated Care costs for uninsured patients with income above FPL |
$511,365,000 |
| Medicaid Shortfall |
$503,445,000 |
| Total OBRA Cap |
$1,483,379,000 |
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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March 3, 2010:
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