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On March 16, 2023, CMS issued Change Request 12669, which contains instructions for Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to begin the process of retroactively reimbursing DSH hospitals for inpatient days attributable to...more
On February 24, 2023, CMS issued a proposed rule that would modify the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payment regulation to limit the universe of Section 1115 demonstration beneficiaries who can be “regarded...more
On July 23, 2019, Judge Rosemary Collyer of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion ruling in favor of ten Florida hospitals in their case challenging the calculation of their Medicare...more
In a ruling dated June 10, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided with Mississippi hospitals in a dispute over the calculation of the Medicare DSH payment. Forrest General Hospital v. Azar, No....more
On August 25, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire in New Hampshire Hospital Association v. Azar gavehospitals another victory in their claims that CMS unlawfully reduces Medicaid Disproportionate...more
On April 24, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule (CMS-1694-P). Among other changes, CMS proposes eliminating...more