Deadline for Medicaid DSH application information November 15

The state Health Care Authority extended its deadline for disproportionate share hospital (DSH) application information to November 15. Hospitals that submitted initial DSH applications by August 31 have until November 15 to provide any missing information. Hospital that do not submit the needed information by November 15 will be removed from consideration for SFY 2018 DSH funding. According to HCA, many hospitals are still missing documentation to complete their application. Hospitals can verify the status of their application by contacting Mary O’Hare, HCA DSH Program manager at  mary.ohare@hca.wa.gov. (Andrew Busz, andrewb@wsha.org )