| Informational Bulletin: Health Care-Related Taxes and Hold Harmless Arrangements Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an informational bulletin to states reiterating certain federal requirements that pertain to health care-related taxes. Recently, CMS became aware that some health care-related tax programs appear to involve agreements among providers to redistribute their Medicaid payments to hold taxpayers harmless for the cost of the tax. The informational bulletin reminds states that such arrangements are prohibited by the statute and regulations and re-emphasizes our goal of assisting states in ensuring appropriate sources of non-federal share financing. Read the full Informational Bulletin. | 