Intergovernmental Transfers (IGTs) & Upper Payment Limits

Medicaid — Intergovernmental Transfers (IGTs)/Upper Payment Limits

• FMAP for 2009 (November 2007)
• GAO on Medicaid Financing Transparency and IGTs (March 30, 2007)
• CMS Administration Outlines Changes in IGT Policy in Letter to Chairman Grassley, Iowa Delegation
• Rockefeller Blasts GAO Report Critical of States' Spending of Fiscal Relief (6/28/04)
• HHS Announces $31Million in Real Choice Grants to 31 States (October 6, 2004)
• Direct Support Professional Wage Bill (H.R. 5197) Introduced In House (October 5, 2004)
  • ANCOR's Press Release
  • The Arc's Press Release
  • United Cerebral Palsy's Press Release
• PRESS RELEASE: ANCOR Hails Reps. Terry and Capps for Landmark Bi-Partisan Legislation: Bill to Buoy Wages for Long-Term Support Workers (September 21, 2004
• House Energy & Commerce Hearing on Intergovernmental Transfers (April 2004)
• State Fiscal Relief Act of 2004 (S. 2671) (7/20/04)
• Kaiser WebCast of House IGT Hearing (4/1/04)
• House to Take Up Budget Reform Bill, May Include Entitlement & Domestic Cap Amendments (6/22/04)
  • State-by-State Estimated FMAP Reduction Due to Budget Process Bill
  • Proposed Entitlement Cuts Over Next 10 Years
• Current Issues in Medicaid Financing: An Overview of IGTs, UPLs, and DSH (KFF Brief, 2004)
• IGT Final Rule (January 2001)