Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments Clarification
Guidance for : This letter is in follow up to the letter I recently sent you on the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) intent to issue policy guidance on the identification of Medicaid patient days that Medicare fiscal intermediaries use in computing Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments. The policy guidance, Intermediaries Program Memorandum Transmittal No.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: December 22, 1999
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