WSHA Provides Hospitals with Hospital Safety Net Assessment Program Summaries

September 18, 2019

WSHA recently sent to CEOs, CFOs, and Government Affairs staff of member hospitals summaries of assessments and payments under the Hospital Safety Net Assessment program for state fiscal year 2019, and projections of assessments and estimated payments for state fiscal year 2020. No significant changes are expected for the SFY 2020 program.

The Hospital Safety Net Assessment program was originally passed during the 2010 legislative session to partially offset previous cuts to hospital Medicaid payments. Under the program, assessments collected by the Health Care Authority from hospitals augment state funds to obtain enhanced federal match for Medicaid services, providing payments for hospital Medicaid services and budget savings for the state. (Andrew Busz, andrewb@wsha.org)

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