RD91 - January 2008 Medicaid Expenditures


Executive Summary:
Medicaid expenditures through January are currently 6.1 percent above expenditures through the
same period last year. Current funding, based on the November 2006 Official Medicaid forecast
and budget amendments enacted during the 2007 General Assembly session, as well as Governor
Kaine's 2008 Budget Reduction Initiatives, provides for 9.1 percent annual growth. The updated
Official Medicaid forecast and budget amendments included in Governor Kaine's Introduced
Budget provide for 7.1 percent annual growth for FY 2008.

At the fund level, Medicaid general fund expenditures are currently running at 7.2 percent annual
growth rate. DMAS' current appropriation provides for 9.5 percent annual general fund growth;
the Governor's Introduced Budget funds 7.5 percent annual general fund growth for FY 2008.