June saw several big conferences for our world — and also saw some interesting policy updates and decisions on key programs. Take a look below to learn more and let us know what caught your attention last month. Social barriers to health America’s Health Insurance Plans held its annual meeting in June and announced […]
CMS has extended the window for hospitals to amend uncompensated care, bad debt, and other Worksheet S-10 reporting on their fiscal year 2014 and 2015 Medicare cost reports, from October 31 to January 2. Proper reporting of S-10 data is critical, as it is now used for the distribution of the vast majority of Medicare […]
CMS issued new and revised instructions for charity care and bad debt data reported by hospitals on worksheet S-10 of the Medicare Cost Report. Proper reporting of these data is critical, as it is now used for the distribution of Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) funding. To help with interpretation of the changes, CMS has […]
In an effort to balance funding distribution for Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is phasing in a changed approach to allocating those funds. Based around the S-10 worksheet, a tool used by hospitals to report charity care and non- Medicare bad debt expenses and collect uncompensated […]
