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Title: Untangling DSH: A Guide for Community Groups to Using the Medicaid DSH Program to Promote Access to Care

Copyright Date: 2000

Pages: 77

Authors: Prepared for the Access Project by Jocelyn Guyer, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Andy Schneider and Michael O. Spivey, Health Policy Group

Description: If you are looking for resources to increase access to healthcare services in your state, you may want to learn more about Disproportionate Share Hospital funds. DSH was created as part of the Medicaid program to compensate hospitals for the added cost of serving a disproportionate share of low-income individuals who either are part of the Medicaid program or have no insurance and use of these funds are not widely understood. This manual helps to "untangle" DSH.

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Hard Copies: Available for $15. E-mail your request to info@accessproject.org.

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