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SUBMITTER: Neuhausen K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4242845 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuhausen Katherine K Davis Anna C AC Needleman Jack J Brook Robert H RH Zingmond David D Roby Dylan H DH
Health affairs (Project Hope) 20140601 6
Safety-net hospitals rely on disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) payments to help cover uncompensated care costs and underpayments by Medicaid (known as Medicaid shortfalls). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) anticipates that insurance expansion will increase safety-net hospitals' revenues and will reduce DSH payments accordingly. We examined the impact of the ACA's Medicaid DSH reductions on California public hospitals' financial stability by estimating how total DSH costs (uncompensated care cos ...[more]