AHA Makes Last-Ditch-Appeal To CMS To Increase DSH Payment Levels

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has made a last-ditch appeal for CMS not to decrease the uninsured rate when calculating disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments in the final inpatient hospital rule undergoing White House review. The request comes after AHA recently got the Supreme Court to take up a separate DSH payment dispute it has with CMS – a dispute some New Jersey hospitals are also asking the D.C. district court to hear in light of the Supreme Court overturning...