Ch. 32, § 4. General Provisions

(a) General methodology. Disproportionate share hospitals (DSHs) shall receive an annual payment after the year end settlement of the hospital's cost report. The hospital's eligibility for and the amount of any disproportionate share payment shall be determined pursuant to this Chapter. (b) Disproportionate share payments shall not be redetermined because of changes that result from a reopening, redetermination, administrative hearing, settlement agreement, or other change in a hospital's allowable costs. (c) The Department shall calculate disproportionate share payments after the state fiscal year end and make payments prior to the end of that same calendar year.