​Private Hospital Supplemental Fund

The Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration Project Act created the Private Hospital Supplemental Fund (Welfare and Institutions Code section 14166.12). Payments available to qualifying hospitals under the Private Hospital Supplemental Fund are based on the provisions in the Act. The program is currently supported with State General Funds, which are matched by the federal government.

To be eligible for payments from the Private Hospital Supplemental Fund, private hospitals must meet criteria in current State law for one of the three following eligibility categories:

To be eligible, a hospital must:

• Be a disproportionate share Medi-Cal provider (Welfare and Institutions Code sections 14105.98 and 14163); and
• Be licensed to provide basic or comprehensive emergency services (or be a Childrens' hospital which provides emergency services in conjunction with another hospital); or
• Be a hospital designated by the National Cancer Institute as a comprehensive or clinical cancer research center.

-OR- 

• Be a university teaching hospital or major (non-university) teaching hospital, as defined in Welfare and Institutions Code, section 14166.12 (s)(2); or
• Be a large teaching-emphasis hospital, or children's hospital, as defined in Welfare and Institutions Code, section 14166.12(s)(3), and be eligible under the Disproportionate Share Hospital program as defined in Welfare and Institutions Code, section 14105.98, subdivision (a)(3).

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-OR-

• Be a small and rural hospital; and
• Be a disproportionate share Medi-Cal provider (Welfare and Institutions Code sections 14105.98 and 14163); and
• Be licensed to provide standby emergency room services.