Casey, Lankford Lead Majority Of Senate In Push For DSH Cut Delay

Just more than half of the Senate, led by Aging Committee Chair Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), are pushing the upper chamber to again avert Medicaid Disproportionate Hospital payment cuts, telling Senate leadership that stopping the $8 billion cut that is set to kick in Oct. 1 is crucial to maintaining hospitals’ financial viability. “Congress has acted in a bipartisan manner on multiple occasions over the last eleven years to avert the Medicaid DSH cuts. We ask...