The Indigent Care Trust Fund (ICTF) was established in 1990 to expand Medicaid eligibility and services, support rural and other health care providers, primarily hospitals, which serve the medically indigent, and fund primary health care programs for medically indigent Georgians. The ICTF is an umbrella program which contains the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program, nursing home provider fees, Care Management Organization (CMO) Quality Assessment Fees; Breast Cancer Tag Fees, ambulance rates and other uninsured/indigent initiatives. With ICTF funding, even uninsured people who do not qualify for Medicaid may receive health care from participating hospitals.
ICTF Fact Sheet - Updated 02/02/12
Latest News
- DSH Letter of Agreement SFY 2013 - Posted 01/31/13
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.
SFY2013 DSH Surveys
SURVEY DUE DATE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 26, 2012
Survey Form Part 1 - Posted 09/05/12- Survey Form Part 2 - Posted 09/05/12
- DSH Memorandum August 2012 - Posted 09/05/12
SFY2010 DSH Changes
- Presentation by Carie Summers - October 11, 2007
- Summary of DSH Options - Estimated
- Memo DSH Update