Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital

January 8, 2013
In January 2013, the Medicare Learning Network released a rural health fact sheet addressing the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program. The publication includes: background on the Medicare DSH program; methods to qualify for the Medicare DSH adjustment; Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 and Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 provisions that impact Medicare DSHs; number of beds in hospital determination; Medicare DSH payment adjustment formulas; and additional resources.
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