by keith | Mar 2, 2018 | DSH, Litigation, News and Updates
On March 2, 2018, DC District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled in favor of hospital plaintiffs and vacated a final rule promulgated by CMS requiring the inclusion of Medicare and commercial payments in the calculation of the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH)...
by keith | Feb 9, 2018 | DSH, Litigation, Medicaid, News and Updates
On Friday, February 9th, a federal district court in Missouri became the first to enjoin implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Final Rule requiring the inclusion of Medicare and commercial payments in the calculation of the...
by keith | Feb 9, 2018 | DSH, Legislation, News and Updates
On February 9th 2018, Congress passed an extensive 2-year budget deal that included a delay to the scheduled DSH cuts until 2020. The bill contained additional health care measures, such as funding to combat the opioid epidemic and technical changes to MACRA (Medicare...
by keith | Nov 1, 2017 | DSH, Medicaid, Medicare, News and Updates, Rulemaking
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized regulations requiring states to include Medicare or commercial payments for services provided to dually eligible Medicaid patients when calculating the hospital-specific limit on DSH payments during...
by keith | Oct 30, 2017 | DSH, Legislation, News and Updates
The House CHIP re-authorization bill would delay cuts in Medicaid disproportionate share payments to hospitals for two years. It is currently making its way through the rules committee and is anticipated to go to the House Friday, November 3rd.
by keith | Sep 28, 2017 | DSH, News and Updates
Over 220 Republican and Democratic lawmakers signed a letter to House leaders urging them to delay cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments.