The funding in this program goes for three different purposes, each of which is discussed below:
- Direct Graduate Medical Education -- these funds represent payments up to the Medicare Upper Payment Limit. About 75% of the available funding goes to the University of Utah. The other 25% goes to other non-university hospitals with residency programs. The State provides the match money for these payments.
- Inpatient State Teaching Hospital Payments -- these funds help offset some of the costs of residency programs that serve Medicaid clients as well as other uncompensated care costs. The University of Utah Hospital receives 100% of the total available funding. The University of Utah provides the match money for these payments.
- Physician Enhanced Payments -- two types: (1) payments to the University of Utah Medical Group (UUMG) for the difference between the average commercial rate, which is seeded by UUMG, and the Medicaid fee schedule as well as (2) a 12% enhancement for payments to rural physicians.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $77,806,000 from all sources for Non-service Expenses. This is a 14.5 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $100 from the General/Education Funds, a change of 0 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.