Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage.

Federal Medicaid Assistance Program. The statutory term for the federal Medicaid matching rate – i.e., the share of the costs of Medicaid services or administration that the federal government bears.  In the case of covered services, FMAP varies from 50 to 83 percent depending upon a stateâ€(tm)s per capita income; on average, across all state, the federal government pays at least 57 percent of the costs of Medicaid.  FMAPs for administrative costs vary not by state, but by function.  The general FMAP for administrative costs is 50 percent; some functions (e.g., survey and certification, fraud control units) qualify for enhanced FMAPs of 75 percent or more.

Federal Medical Assistance Percentage