Medicare Disparity Payments to Hospitals by State for FY 2011

Hospitals will get $150 million in extra federal payments in fiscal year 2011 to account for regional disparities in Medicare payments. Here is how CMS proposes to split up the money, showing the percentage hospitals in each state would receive, ranked by state. Hospitals in unlisted states would receive none of the funding.

New York 	11.6 percent
Virginia 	9.7 percent
Wisconsin 	8.3 percent
Iowa 		8.3 percent
Oregon 		6.0 percent
Missouri 	5.0 percent
Georgia 	4.5 percent
Pennsylvania	4.2 percent
New Mexico 	4.2 percent
Hawaii		3.8 percent
South Dakota 	3.8 percent
Washington 	3.8 percent
Idaho 		2.7 percent
Minnesota 	2.7 percent
Montana 	2.6 percent
North Dakota 	2.4 percent 
Arkansas 	2.0 percent
Indiana 	2.0 percent
California 	1.5 percent
Illinois 	1.2 percent
Arizona 	1.1 percent
Michigan 	1.1 percent
Nebraska 	1.0 percent
Maine 		0.9 percent
Mississippi	0.9 percent
Alabama		0.7 percent
North Carolina	0.7 percent
Wyoming		0.7 percent
South Carolina	0.6 percent
Kansas		0.5 percent
Utah 		0.5 percent
Oklahoma	0.3 percent
Texas		0.3 percent
Colorado	0.2 percent
Vermont		0.2 percent
Kentucky	0.1 percent
Ohio 		0.1 percent
West Virginia	0.1 percent

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