New Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital supplemental payment types in state fiscal year 2011

State Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Other services
Alabama . . .
Alaska . . .
Arizona . . .
Arkansas . . .
California . . .
Colorado . . .
Connecticut . . .
Delaware . . .
District of Columbia . . .
Florida . . .
Georgia . . .
Hawaii . . .
Idaho . . .
Illinois . . .
Indiana . . .
Iowa Government . .
Kansas . . .
Kentucky . . .
Louisiana . . .
Maine . . .
Maryland . . .
Massachusetts . . .
Michigan . . .
Minnesota . . .
Mississippi . . .
Missouri . . .
Montana . . .
Nebraska . . .
Nevada . . .
New Hampshire . . .
New Jersey . . .
New Mexico . . .
New York . . .
North Carolina . . .
North Dakota . . .
Ohio . . .
Oklahoma . . .
Oregon Both Government and Private Both Government and Private .
Pennsylvania . . .
Rhode Island . . .
South Carolina . . .
South Dakota . . .
Tennessee . . .
Texas . . .
Utah . . .
Vermont . . .
Virginia . . .
Washington . . .
West Virginia . . .
Wisconsin . . .
Wyoming . . .

Source: GAO analysis of state-reported data. | GAO-15-227SP

 


New Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital supplemental payment types in state fiscal year 2011

New Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital supplemental payments Provider type
Inpatient hospital
services
Outpatient hospital
services
Number of states
reporting
Number of states
reporting
Government 1 .
Both Government and Private 1 1

Source: GAO analysis of state-reported data. | GAO-15-227SP
 
Note: The following 39 states did not report implementing a new Disproportionate Share Hospital payment type from state fiscal year 2008 through state fiscal year 2012: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

 


Refer to the following for the definitions of the Medicaid payments and sources of funds for which states were requested to provide information in responding to our questionnaire

Definition
 
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital supplemental payments are Medicaid payments to hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income and Medicaid patients to help offset hospitals' uncompensated costs for serving these individuals.