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Nazareth Hospital, et al v. Secretary United States Depart

  1. May 22, 2014

    Pa. Hospitals Urge 3rd Circ. To Revisit Medicare DSH Suit

    Pennsylvania hospitals on Monday pressed the Third Circuit to revisit its recent ruling that Medicare need not count patients in a state charity program when calculating disproportionate share payments for treating low-income residents, saying the court bought into a bogus distinction between Medicaid patients.

  2. April 02, 2014

    3rd Circ. OKs Excluding Charity Patients From DSH Payments

    The Third Circuit on Wednesday overturned a district court's decision that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had deflated two Pennsylvania hospitals' so-called disproportionate share payments for treating low-income individuals by improperly excluding charity care patients from its disbursement calculations.

  3. January 16, 2014

    Pa. Charity Patients Can Be Nixed From DSH, 3rd Circ. Told

    A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services attorney told the Third Circuit on Thursday that federal regulations gave the government leverage to exclude charity care patients when calculating disproportionate share payments hospitals get through Medicare for treating low-income individuals.