Supreme Court gears up to review Medicare DSH formula

Modern Healthcare: The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in an appeal over whether HHS can recalculate its Medicare disproportionate-share hospital payments without going through the full rulemaking process to get public input on the change.

HHS petitioned the high court to take the case last spring, estimating that the government would have to pay out $3 billion to $4 billion in Medicare disproportionate-share hospital payments if a decision from the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stands.

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