Medicaid - Additional Funds for MS & LA Hurricane Katrina Healthcare Provider Stabilization

Medicaid Program; Notice of Single-Source Grant Award to the States of Louisiana and Mississippi for the Grant Entitled ``Deficit Reduction Act-Hurricane Katrina Healthcare Related Provider Stabilization'' The Secretary has authorized an additional $19.1 million in supplemental grant funds to be made available to the States of Louisiana and Mississippi. Based on the share of total Medicare inpatient payments made to each State's eligible general acute care hospitals and inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs) located in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designated counties/parishes in calendar year 2006 (the latest and most complete year of Medicare billing data available to us), funding is being allocated in the following proportions: 53 percent to Louisiana ($10,143,671) and 47 percent to Mississippi ($8,956,329).