Hospital Provider Taxes and Support for Medicaid Financing in New Hampshire

By: Jessica Williams

Outlets: NHFPI

Published: February 16, 2026

Words: 5,083

Last Updated: 1 month ago

KEY POINTS

- The Medicaid Enhancement Tax (MET) is a 5.4 percent tax on inpatient and outpatient net patient service revenue that each of the state’s 26 acute care hospitals pay during their fiscal year.
- The MET generated approximately $348 million in revenue in SFY 2025, ranking as the fourth-largest state tax revenue source that year.
- MET-supported funding accounted for about one quarter of total Medicaid spending in SFY 2025, including approximately …

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