Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accounting.

Hospitals.

Medicaid.

Medical economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (50 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments. Describes rules delineating how State DSH allotments are calculated and exceptions to the rules, how DSH hospitals are defined, and how DSH payments are calculated. Includes information about how DSH reductions under P.L. 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), may be allocated among States, and possible implications of Supreme Court decision regarding ACA Medicaid expansion. Presents trends in DSH spending, explains variation in States DSH expenditures, and outlines basic requirements for State DSH reports and independently certified audits. Includes tables and graphs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments

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