title: DSH payment under the ACA. Steps to receiving your fair share.
abstract: To obtain the appropriate levels of disproportionate share hospital and uncompensated care (UC) payment provided for under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals entitled to such payments should take the following steps: Move from episodic to continuous management of Medicaid-eligible days. Institute an automated subsystem for tracking changes in eligibility among the hospital's patients for aid through Medicaid, Supplemental Security. Income, or other sources of government assistance. Transition to using Worksheet S-10 as the basis for distribution of the UC payment.
authors: Robert F
authors: RF
authors: Gricius
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D020444:Reimbursement, Disproportionate Share; D014481:United States