Draft - Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund
Title 63 Oklahoma Statute § 1-2530.9 (SB 290, 1999) authorizes reimbursement to trauma facilities, licensed ambulance service providers and physicians for uncompensated trauma care expenditures.
The Trauma Fund is a continuing fund that will be available from year-to-year to support the public health safety net required to provide appropriate emergency medical care to the severely injured patient. Current sources of revenue for the Trauma Fund included renewal and reinstatement fees for driver licenses; fines for second/subsequent convictions for driving without a license, convictions for driving under the influence, driving without a license, failure to maintain mandatory motor vehicle insurance, violating the open container law, speeding, drug-related convictions and the Tobacco Tax.
Based upon budget projections, collections from all Trauma Fund revenue sources are anticipated to reach between $14 million - $20 million annually. Ninety percent of the funds collected will be distributed among the eligible participants during each future distribution period, with thirty percent of each distribution earmarked specifically for physicians.
Eligible EMS, hospital and physician disbursement entities may be qualified for reimbursement from the Trauma Fund for cases meeting required major trauma clinical criteria, and must be uncompensated after reasonable collection efforts are exhausted.
Major trauma cases meeting the clinical case definition are identified through required data reporting by Hospital Trauma Registrars to the State Trauma Registry. Qualifying clinical case criteria includes those trauma cases reported to the Registry with ICD-9 codes of 800.0 to 959.9 and a defined severity of injury.
The fund is distributed on a pro-rata basis after costs are established and ineligible cases are subtracted.
Distribution |
Claim Date |
Application Status* |
| TF 2024 April | July 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022 | Disbursement completed |
| TF 2024 October | January 1, 2023 – June 30, 2023 | Pending disbursement |
| Hospital | ||
| EMS | ||
| Physician | ||
| TF 2025 April | July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023 | Open |
| Hospital | Deadline: December 20, 2024 | |
| EMS | Deadline: January 6, 2025 | |
| Physician | Deadline: January 6, 2025 |
*Application Status:
Disbursement completed = Eligible reimbursements have been distributed to the applicants.
Currently disbursing = Monthly instalments for eligible EMS and Hospital reimbursements are currently being disbursed.
Processing = No longer accepting any applications and currently processing applications for eligibility.
Open = Currently accepting applications for the corresponding distribution. Click to access/download needed Application Package items. NOTE: APPLICATION DEADLINES ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH PROVIDER TYPE. See respective Letter of Invitation for deadline.
Closed = Not currently accepting any applications.
For list of Trauma Fund disbursement recipients, click Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund Reports.
To apply for reimbursement from the Trauma Fund, you must submit a completed application package by the designated deadline. Each application deadline is stated in the Letter of Invitation for EMS, Hospital and Physician providers. Note that deadlines differ for each provider type. Each distribution cycle will have a specific time frame to submit applications (identified as OPEN status). Once the application date range has passed, claims for the corresponding time period of trauma care provided will no longer be considered. Below are resources for the application package:
Any request for review must be provided in writing, either by mail or email within 30 days from the date payment for that claim was issued, to esystems@health.ok.gov, or by mail to:
Oklahoma State Department of Health
PHS - Emergency Systems
Trauma Fund
123 Robert S Kerr Ave, Suite 1702
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406
Request will only be considered for a potential calculation error by OSDH in determining the amount due to a provider. Each applicant or their application representative (e.g., billing entity) is responsible for any data submitted in the Claim Form that may or may not affect the calculation of the amount due to a provider. Such errors will not be eligible for post-distribution consideration.
Please click the "Year-Month" (eg. "2015 April") below for the respective distribution report.
Contact Information
Phone: (405) 426-8480
Email: Esystems@health.ok.gov
