Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments Free

Author: Alison Mitchell
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1481914391
Category: Medical

Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments

The Medicaid statute requires states to make disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments to hospitals treating large numbers of low-income patients. Download Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments medical books for free.
This provision is intended to recognize the disadvantaged financial situation of those hospitals because low-income patients are more likely to be uninsured or Medicaid enrollees. Hospitals often do not receive payment for services rendered to uninsured patients, and Medicaid provider payment rates are generally lower than the rates paid by Medicare and private insurance. As with most Medicaid expenditures, the federal government reimburses states for a portion of their Medicaid DSH expenditures based on each state's federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP). While most federal Medicaid Get Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments our bestseller medical books.

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