title: When less means more. By combining under one Medicare provider number, some hospitals can reap bigger disproportionate-share supplements.
abstract: Navigating the byzantine rules governing disproportionate-share supplements presents hospitals with a special challenge. But some have discovered a little-known secret: By combining two or more hospitals under a single Medicare provider number, some can increase their level of reimbursement. "We had to do something to stem the losses that were occurring in both institutions at that time," says Bob Reh, left.
authors.forename: Cinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000191:economics; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016344:Medicare Part A / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation / Q000191:economics*; D020444:Reimbursement, Disproportionate Share / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States