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 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.
Copies of PowerPoint presentations from the 10/5/11 OHA Medicare and Medicaid seminar on the 2012/2013 state budget and HCAP from ODJFS and OHA and available.
OHA Names New CEO
December 6, 2011:
Mike Abrams, Executive Vice President and CEO of the Iowa Medical Society, was announced as the Ohio Hospital Association’s next President and CEO. Abrams will begin his tenure in February, following the December 31 retirement of Jim Castle, OHA’s President and CEO for 23 years.
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