Chapter 3 of the March 2016 Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP discusses the limited availability of data and the rationale behind MACPAC’s recommendation for greater transparency in hospital payment. In the Commission’s view, disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments and payments should be better targeted, consistent with their original statutory intent. The scheduled reduction … Continue reading Improving Data as the First Step to a More Targeted Disproportionate Share Hospital Policy