Becker's Healthcare February 5, 2024
Six national hospital groups, including the American Hospital Association, are urging the Supreme Court to review a case that challenges how HHS applies Congress’ formula for calculating Disproportionate Share Hospital payment.
The groups allege in a friend-of-the-court brief that HHS “has adopted the view that a patient is entitled to Supplemental Security Income benefits only if the patient actually received cash SSI payments during a hospital stay, an interpretation that is inconsistent with the Supreme Court’s reasoning in Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation,” according to a Feb. 2 AHA news release.
“Although HHS has refused to share the data that would allow...
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