Health Care-Related Taxes
Guidance for : This letter provides states with information regarding the treatment of health care-related taxes (provider taxes) and their effect on Federal matching funding under Medicaid and the Children�s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has learned that there may be confusion among states as to what would or would not be considered a health care-related tax.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 25, 2014
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