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Medicaid Program: Final and Preliminary Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotments and Final and Preliminary Institutions for Mental Diseases Disproportionate Share Hospital Limits

This notice announces the final Federal share (FS) disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2018 and FY 2019, and the preliminary FS DSH allotments for FY 2020 and FY 2021. This notice also announces the final FY 2018 and FY 2019 and the preliminary FY 2020 and FY 2021 limitations on aggregate DSH payments that States may make to institutions for mental disease and other mental health facilities. In addition, this notice includes background information describing the methodology for determining the amounts of States' FY DSH allotments.

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Final

Significant Guidance Status ID: 0938-ZB62

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: March 16, 2022

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