Supreme Court Rules Medicare Cuts to 340B Hospitals Unlawful

The Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in American Hospital Association v. Becerra on June 15, 2022, concluding in a “straightforward” decision that the Medicare reimbursement cuts for certain separately-payable outpatient drugs implemented in the...

CMS Issues Proposed IPPS Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its proposed inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule for fiscal year 2023, with changes that would impact reporting used to calculate Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments,...

FMAP-Enhanced DSH Allotments Announced

CMS published a Federal Register Notice on March 16, 2022 implementing a congressionally-mandated increase in Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) allotments for FYs 2020 and 2021 to account for the enhanced federal Medicaid matching rates during the public...