SCOTUS Schedules Oral Arguments In Medicare DSH Calculation Case

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Nov. 5 for a case that revisits the issue of how CMS can calculate Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments. At issue is how HHS is counting supplemental security income eligible recipients in the Medicare Disproportionate Hospital Share payment formula. Hospitals say the current method is undermining the program and runs counter to a Supreme Court ruling from 2022, Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation , costing hospitals billions of dollars and potentially leading...