An evolving DSH payment
Mulvany, C.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 70(6): 34-37
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 27451564 Document Number: 690981
Updates to the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) will change disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments for coming fiscal years. In FY17, changes to the calculation of Factor 2 will lower the uncompensated care DSH available for allocation. In FY18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin using uncompensated care expenses to determine a hospital's share of payments from the uncompensated care DSH pool.