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Fact Sheet: Medicaid DSH Program

The Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program provides essential financial assistance to hospitals that care for our nation’s most vulnerable populations, including children and those who are disabled and elderly. These hospitals also provide critical community services, such as trauma and burn care, maternal and child health, high-risk neonatal care and disaster preparedness resources.
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Fact Sheet: 340B Drug Pricing Program Contract Pharmacy Arrangements

Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to health care organizations that care for patients in vulnerable communities. 
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What's at Stake: Medicaid covers the people you know.

Protect Access to Care: The AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to the Medicaid program that would threaten health care access for patients.
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Protect Access to Care: Reject cuts to the Medicaid program and premium hikes on working families.

If Congress cuts Medicaid, hospitals would see significant negative impacts that vary by policy.
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Fact Sheet: Medicaid

AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to the Medicaid program that would not only strip access to health care from some of the most vulnerable populations but also destabilize hospitals and health systems, leading to a loss of services that would impact patients and communities nationwide.
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Fact Sheet: Medicaid Hospital Payment Basics

AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to hospitals’ Medicaid payments.
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Fact Sheet: Medicaid Provider Taxes

The AHA calls on Congress to reject changes to states’ use of provider taxes, which help fund their Medicaid programs.
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Fact Sheet: Per Capita Caps in the Medicaid Program

A per capita cap to federal financing of the Medicaid program would be a fundamental change to how the program is financed. It would put untenable fiscal pressures on state governments, leading to Medicaid coverage, enrollment and provider reimbursement cuts.
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Fact Sheet: Majority of Hospital Payments Dependent on Medicare or Medicaid

It is broadly acknowledged that Medicare reimburses hospitals less than the cost of providing care and their reimbursement rates are non-negotiable.

Select Financial, Operating and Patient Characteristics of POHs Compared to Non-POHs Fact Sheet

Dobson | DaVanzo recently examined select operating, financial and patient characteristics of hospitals in categories defined by hospital ownership.1 This fact sheet provides descriptive statistics for physician owned hospitals (POHs) compared to non-physician owned hospitals.