The Ohio Department of Medicaid is providing additional funding to assist with the cost of processing case reinstatements in the Ohio Benefits System. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) will issue the state funding as Medicaid Special Projects Enhanced Match Allocation. Funding will consist of 75 % federal and 25 % state funding. Funding for each county will be determined on a cost-per-case basis at $46.83 per completed case. ODJFS will increase the county Medicaid Special Projects Enhanced Match budget by $11.71 monthly and the Medicaid Enhanced Federal budget by $35.12 per completed case, as reported by ODM.

For counties that may be experiencing a current budget shortfall requiring advance funding in order to begin processing cases, the JFS 02725 form may be used to request the federal portion of the allocation. Once the budgets are available in CFIS, counties may request funds through the normal draw process.

County employees will continue to use current Enhanced Medicaid coding. In order to claim expenditures for the new allocation, counties will move expenditures (the 25% match) from Enhanced Medicaid to Medicaid Special Projects Enhanced Match through the post-allocated adjustment (PAA) process. BCFTA will establish PAA coding and notify counties once budgets have been established.

For questions regarding coding please contact your ODJFS Fiscal Supervisor/BCFTA at (614) 752-9194.