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...

CMS Releases State Medicaid Director Letter with Guidance on Implementation of Supplemental Payment Reporting and DSH Limit Provisions in Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

In a State Medicaid Director Letter (SMDL) dated December 10, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance on how the agency will implement several Medicaid-related provisions from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA). As...