MedCity News March 22, 2023
Forty-two safety net hospitals recently sued HHS, alleging that the Medicare program “unlawfully withheld and unreasonably denied” DSH payments for decades. The plaintiff hospitals said that HHS’ failure to recalculate DSH payments have cost them “tens of millions of dollars in funds that should have been paid to them many years ago.”
Dozens of safety net hospitals recently sued the Department of Health and Human Services, alleging that Medicare has “unlawfully withheld and unreasonably denied” disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments for decades.
Medicare DSH payments are intended to support hospitals that serve a high number of uninsured and low-income patients. The payments are meant to counterbalance safety net hospitals’ uncompensated care costs so that they can be more financially stable,...
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