Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a sub-agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, administers federal grants supporting state insurance regulators and health-related administrative programs. CMS has obligated $36.3 million in federal grant funding across 70 awards since 2014, distributed among 37 distinct recipients. Grant activity has been episodic: 20 awards in 2016, 32 in 2018, 1 in 2019, 1 in 2020, and 15 in 2024. The most recent award closed on September 20, 2024.

All grant awards are structured as Project Grants. Grant recipient concentration is highly fragmented, with the top five recipients by award count accounting for 33% of recent awards over the last five years and the top five by federal dollars accounting for 16% of recent dollars. State Of Wisconsin Commissioner Of Insurance leads by award count with 1 award totaling $990 thousand in federal dollars obligated. Insurance Commissioner, Washington State; New Mexico Office Of Superintendent Of Insurance; Arkansas Insurance Department; and Maine Department Of Professional And Financial Regulation are tied as top recipients by federal dollars, each holding $1.2 million in obligated federal funding from a single award. The remaining 32 recipients hold the long tail of the portfolio, with no single recipient appearing across both the count and value rankings.

No recent federal grant opportunities are recorded for CMS or its descendant offices.