Related Links
- Amended rules 111-3-6-.01 and 111-3-6-.03
- HAC Meeting Presentations and Handouts - May 3, 2007
- Hospital Advisory Committee
Indigent Care Trust Fund
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The Indigent Care Trust Fund was established in 1990 to:
- Expand Medicaid eligibility and services;
- Support rural and other healthcare providers, primarily hospitals, which serve the medically indigent; and
- Fund primary health care programs for medically indigent Georgians.
Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Program
The Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program is a federal program that works to increase health care access for the poor. Hospitals that treat a "disproportionate" number of Medicaid and other indigent patients qualify for DSH payments through the Medicaid program based on the hospitals’ estimated uncompensated cost of services to the uninsured.
Qualifying for DSH
To qualify for DSH, a hospital must satisfy the following federal criteria.
Federal criteria
- Provide non-emergency obstetrical services to Medicaid recipients (if those services were provided on December 22, 1987)
- Have a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate of at least one percent