Under the new definition, hospitals can only receive disproportionate share hospital Medicaid reimbursements for beneficiaries who are primarily insured by the safety-net program. How DSH payments are ...
Hospitals that serve a high volume of low-income and uninsured patients rely on Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) funding to maintain financial stability. A hospital’s DSH percentage is critical ...
Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments are being cut by $8 billion annually during the current and next four federal fiscal years under a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...
The case, Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation, hinges on a highly technical issue. To calculate DSH adjustments, HHS adds together two statutorily described fractions: the Medicare fraction, ...
To avoid Medicaid making disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments to cover costs already paid by other payers, Congress should change the definition of "Medicaid shortfall," the Medicaid and ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a final rule implementing $44 billion in Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment cuts through 2025. In 2020, DSH payments will be ...
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission is concerned that the magnitude of disproportionate share hospital cuts (54 percent in 2024) on the horizon will disrupt the financial viability of ...
Dozens of safety net hospitals recently sued the Department of Health and Human Services, alleging that Medicare has “unlawfully withheld and unreasonably denied” disproportionate share hospital (DSH) ...
The American Hospital Association, along with five other national hospital associations, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case challenging how the Department of Health and Human Services ...