Client Alerts

The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated the process of the SFY 2020 Hospital UPL payments.  Payments and intergovernmental transfer amounts were provided with a notice to providers and will be posted at https://dch.georgia.gov/.  Select the following links to obtain the UPL information: Providers, Provider Types, Hospital Providers, Hospital Supplemental Reimbursement, SFY 2020 [...]

The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated to providers that DCH is preparing to make final payments for the State Fiscal Year 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program. Gross payments, intergovernmental transfer amounts, and related documents are posted on DCH’s website at www.dch.georgia.gov. Select the following links to obtain the DSH information: Providers, [...]

The Georgia Department of Community Health notified public hospitals of a redistribution of overpayments identified by Myers and Stauffer’s Independent Verification of the SFY 2015 through SFY 2017 DSH payments. Information about the schedule, payment and intergovernmental transfer amount is available on the Department’s web site at dch.georgia.gov by selecting options for “Provider,” “Provider Types,” [...]

Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that RHCs and FQHCs may request lump sum payments for administering COVID-19 vaccinations prior to settlement of cost reports.  Lump sum amounts will be determined based on 100 percent reasonable cost, similar to influenza and pneumococcal vaccines. To request a lump sum payment in advance [...]

Recently, the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) communicated to providers that Myers & Stauffer has completed an initial review of the SFY 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Survey responses.  Preliminary results will be available by the end of this week on the DCH website at www.dch.georgia.gov. Select the following links to obtain the DSH [...]

The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated to providers in a memorandum dated November 18, 2020 that DCH is preparing to make interim payments for the State Fiscal Year 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital program.  Interim payments will not be provided to private hospitals due to the unavailability of state matching funds. The following [...]

Lost Revenue The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has updated its guidance and information on the use of the Provider Relief Funds (PRF).  From the October 22nd HHS release, HHS has amended “…the reporting instructions to increase flexibility around how providers can apply Provider Relief Fund money toward lost revenues attributable to coronavirus. [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released additional guidance on the $2 billion quality incentive payment program under the Nursing Home Infection Control Distribution from the Provider Relief Fund.  Nursing homes will not have to apply for this new program as HHS will be measuring nursing home performance and distributing payments based [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the new reporting requirements for providers that received more than $10,000 in Provider Relief Funds.  This dollar limit is applied in the aggregate for all the distributions from the Provider Relief Fund (i.e. General, High Impact, Safety Net, Rural, and others) and not to each [...]