Safety net hospitals near ‘breaking point,’ advocacy group says

• The group representing about 300 U.S. safety net hospitals warned in a new report the facilities are struggling to keep up with uncompensated and charity care. Medicaid’s pending disproportionate share hospital cuts would push the facilities to a “breaking point” unless Congress steps in, America’s Essential Hospitals CEO Bruce Siegel said. A $4 billion reduction in DSH payments is slated to go into effect in October.
• AEH hospitals operated with an average margin of 1.6% in 2017, which was half what they had in the previous year and below the 7.8% average of other hospitals, according to the annual financial report released Thursday.
• Safety net hospitals make up about 5% of U.S. hospitals but in...

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