Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, DSH payments are expected to be reduced by more than $64 billion through 2019, according to Moody’s Investors Service. More specifically, Medicaid DSH payments will be cut 50 percent by 2019 (totaling $14.1 billion), while Medicare DSH payments will be axed 75 percent (totaling $49.9 billion). The cuts begin this October.
Rep. Lewis has been an advocate for safety-net hospitals, which rely heavily on DSH payments. In April, he wrote a letter to HHS, which highlighted how many hospitals will lose DSH payments even if states decide not to expand Medicaid, which was expected to offset the lost DSH payments.
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