Medicaid Disproportionate Share Payments

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The Medicaid statute requires that states make disproportionate share (DSH) adjustments to the payment rates of certain hospitals treating large numbers of low-income and Medicaid patients — recognizing the disadvantaged situation of those hospitals. Although the requirement was established in 1981, DSH payments did not become a significant part of the program until after 1989 when they grew from just under $1 billion to almost $17 billion by 1992. During that time states’ Medicaid budgets were facing a number of upward pressures while states were learning about financing techniques that made it easier to collect increased DSH payments from the … continued below

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Hearne, Jean P. January 10, 2005.

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The Medicaid statute requires that states make disproportionate share (DSH)
adjustments to the payment rates of certain hospitals treating large numbers of low-income and Medicaid patients — recognizing the disadvantaged situation of those hospitals. Although the requirement was established in 1981, DSH payments did not
become a significant part of the program until after 1989 when they grew from just
under $1 billion to almost $17 billion by 1992. During that time states’ Medicaid
budgets were facing a number of upward pressures while states were learning about
financing techniques that made it easier to collect increased DSH payments from the
federal government.

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Hearne, Jean P. Medicaid Disproportionate Share Payments, report, January 10, 2005; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7757/: accessed March 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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