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Little is known about how Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments, which are intended to support hospitals that serve low-income patients, are allocated or whether allocation patterns have ...

Last week, the Supreme Court released a decision relating to how the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requires hospitals to calculate its disproportionate share percentage. While this ...

A large group of hospitals, located in states that did not expand Medicaid, are suing the Department of Health and Human Services to recalculate the payments they received through Medicare for ...

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.

Black Americans continue to make up a disproportionate share of Covid-19 fatalities as the number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic exceeds 100,000 in the U.S., according to an analysis of CDC ...

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 ...

A recent report from the Alliance for Integrity and Reform of 340B found that 85% of disproportionate share hospitals in the U.S. received more from 340B profit than they invested in charity care in ...

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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court as seen on Dec. 4, 2024, from First Street SE in Washington, D.C. (Kelsey Reichmann/Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the government ...

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 ...

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 ...