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This amendment provides disproportionate share payment adjustments to certain qualifying hospitals that provide a high volume of Medical Assistance acute care and psychiatric services to Medicaid and low income populations and incur significant uncompensated care costs.
This amendment continues disproportionate share payments to certain qualifying hospitals that provide a high volume of services to Medicaid and low income populations.
The amendment continues provisions for certain inpatient supplemental payments and establishes the aggregate limit for DSH and the supplemental payments for 2012-2013.