Last Updated: May 8, 2024
Disproportionate Share Payments and Supplemental Payments to Qualifying Hospitals
The Department of Human Services (Department) is providing final notice of its funding allocation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024 for several classes of inpatient disproportionate share hospital and supplemental payments to Medical Assistance (MA) enrolled, qualifying inpatient acute care general hospitals. The Department is not otherwise changing the qualifying criteria or payment methodology for these payments.
The allocation for supplemental payments to qualifying acute care general hospitals that provide medical and surgical ocular services to MA beneficiaries to ensure continued access to these critical eye related services was decreased to $7.846 million in total funds.
The allocation for supplemental payments to qualifying acute care general hospitals that treat a high percentage of MA patients under the age of 18 was decreased to $53.489 million in total funds.
The Department is not allocating funds for supplemental payments to qualifying acute care general hospitals that provide a high volume of services to MA eligible and low-income populations in non-rural medically underserved areas.
For more information, please review the May 4, 2024 edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.