Southwest Consulting Associates Blog Medicare DSH

In our realm of Medicare provider reimbursement, Worksheet S-10 has been the hot topic of late. It has certainly been a heavy focus for our last few webinars and blog posts and while Worksheet S-10 has captured the provider reimbursement community's attention, it is important not to lose sight of the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program. Now, the affordable care act initially changed the Medicare DSH calculation (hence the S-10 popularity), but there have been additional changes enacted in recent rounds of rule making that hospitals should be aware of when it comes to DSH. For this reason alone, we thought that it's a perfect time to revisit the Medicare DSH calculation starting with a basic 101 and then expand on the changes in future posts.