Hospitals Push For Two-Year Delay Of Medicaid DSH Cuts

Hospitals are urging lawmakers to support a bipartisan congressional push spearheaded by Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY), John Culberson (R-TX) and Steven Palazzo (R-MS) to delay the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payment cuts -- which are set to kick in Oct. 1 -- by another two years. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act delayed the cuts until Oct. 1. A spokesperson for the Senate Finance Committee said Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will discuss with those on his committee how to...