Questions about whether alleged negligence by a homeless services nonprofit contributed to the death of a 21-year-old Black man have spurred new discussions about whether Black residents — who make up ...

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) has introduced legislation to delay scheduled cuts to disproportionate share hospital payments for two years. Sen. Wicker’s bill is a companion to the DSH Relief Act of ...

A Texas district court has overturned a Biden administration regulation from 2023 tweaking how hospitals that serve a large low-income population are paid by Medicare. Baylor All Saints Medical Center ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case centered on Congress’ formula for calculating disproportionate share hospital payments. The outcome has implications for hospitals that ...

Eighty hospitals have sued the Department of Health and Human Services over disproportionate share hospital payments that include calculations for Medicare Advantage. The action was filed Monday in ...

CMS recently issued a proposed rule (pdf) that further defined “uninsured” when calculating Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments. Under the Medicaid DSH payments, hospital reimbursement ...

The Supreme Court has ruled against hospitals in a case over disproportionate share hospital payments. The Justices handed up a 7-2 decision on Tuesday. More than 200 hospitals brought the lawsuit ...

Oct 28 (Reuters) - A group of hospitals has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for allegedly underpaying hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients.

On Tuesday, April 29, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision: Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy, No. 23-715: This case addresses the ...