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Disproportionate Impact: Supreme Court Narrows Disproportionate Share Hospital Reimbursement to Supplemental Security Income Cash...

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a significant ruling affecting hospitals that serve low-income Medicare beneficiaries, narrowing the interpretation of the Disproportionate Share Hospital (“DSH”) payment formula. In...more

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Supreme Court Holds that Those “Entitled to Supplemental Security Income Benefits” Means Receiving Cash Payment for Hospital DSH...

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Last week, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy, siding with the government and holding that, for purposes of the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) calculation,...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Denies DSH Hospitals’ Attempts to Seek Higher Medicare Payments

On April 29, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion upholding the formula the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) utilized to calculate Medicare hospitals’ disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment...more

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The Supreme Court Update - April 30, 2025

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On Tuesday, April 29, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision: Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy, No. 23-715: This case addresses the proper method for calculating the “disproportionate share...more

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Supreme Court Decides Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. v. Kennedy

On April 29, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. v. Kennedy, No. 23-715, holding that for purposes of calculating the Medicare fraction, an individual is entitled to supplemental...more

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Seventh Circuit Rules that Hospital Cannot Sue Their States to Enforce Medicaid Prompt Payment Obligations

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On March 14, 2025, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled en banc (i.e., in a decision by the full court) that a Chicago hospital cannot sue the State of Illinois for injunctive/declaratory relief that would compel the...more

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State Hospital Association Fights Changes to Medicaid DSH Payment Rules

For hospitals that “serve a disproportionate number of indigent patients” Medicaid allows for supplemental payments to help ensure their financial viability. The calculation of those supplemental payments recently became the...more

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