Medicaid entitlement for 63 - FY 2026 - T19

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded the Department of Health Wyoming $2.062 billion in Medicaid Entitlement funding on October 1, 2025, under the Grants to States for Medicaid program (CFDA 93.778). The award funds medical assistance payments on behalf of cash assistance recipients, children, pregnant women, the aged meeting income and resource requirements, and other categorically-eligible groups, as well as Medicare premium and cost-sharing assistance for qualified Medicare beneficiaries. Wyoming Department of Health administers the Medicaid program statewide and distributes funds to participating healthcare providers. The funding covers the fiscal year 2026 performance period ending September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Wyoming. Awards under this program are made quarterly; states submit estimates of funds needed by August 8, November 15, February 15, and May 15 to receive timely quarterly distributions. Recipients receive assistance as long as they remain qualified under state Medicaid plan requirements. Wyoming Department of Health, a state government entity headquartered in Cheyenne, operates as the prime recipient and primary administrator of federal health entitlements and discretionary grants across public health, nutrition, aging, and social services. The agency's federal footprint centers on Medicaid and CHIP entitlements, Older Americans Act programs, CDC health statistics and communicable disease grants, and USDA WIC nutrition assistance, with 95 percent of its portfolio as prime recipient of block grants and formula grants.