SCOTUS Takes Up Medicare DSH Calculation Case

The Supreme Court agreed Friday (July 2) to hear a case, with millions of dollars at stake for hospitals, over whether CMS must include patients who have exhausted their Medicare Part A benefits when calculating disproportionate share payments for hospitals. At issue is a rule from 2005 in which HHS decided that even though patients are entitled to benefits under Medicare, if they have used all their Part A benefits, like hospital stays, Medicare will no longer pay providers for...