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Medicaid State-Directed Payments Help Ensure Patient Access to Care

About State-Directed Payments (SDPs) SDPs are additional payments made to health care providers to support Medicaid quality and access goals. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reviews and approves SDPs for each 12-month rating period. Payments to providers are made via managed care organizations (MCOs) and are based on utilization of Medicaid services....

Medicaid Provider Taxes Protect Californians’ Access to Care

Medicaid provider taxes are a cornerstone of the Medicaid financing structure. Without federal revenue generated from these taxes, reimbursement for care provided to patients covered by Medicaid would be woefully insufficient and health care access would be at grave risk. For many hospitals, losing this revenue would mean closure of service lines; for others, it...