Medicaid DSH cuts mean crisis for some hospitals | Healthcare Finance News
The DSH cuts were delayed until 2017 by last year’s Medicare payment law, but the cuts are still set to come and will be substantial
Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta is facing the possibility of reducing services for low-income populations as a way to adapt to Medicaid DSH cuts.Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta is facing the possibility of reducing services for low-income populations as a way to adapt to Medicaid DSH cuts.
Hospitals dependent on Medicaid disproportionate share allocations must discover new financing models for low-income patients, or else lobby their state governments to make policy changes.
According to a new study in Health Affairs, many struggling American hospitals are reliant on Medicaid disproportionate share payments as a source of revenue, even as these payments fade away and uninsured patients remain so in states that aren’t expanding Medicaid eligibility.
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