Delaware Code Title 16. Health and Safety § 1044. Additional requirements for use of the Fund

(1) The acute care hospital received a disproportionate share hospital payment adjustment for the year before October 1, 2024.

(2) The acute care hospital continues to meet the requirements to qualify as a disproportionate share hospital under § 1923(d) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396r-4(d).

(3) The acute care hospital is determined to be ineligible to receive disproportionate share hospital payment adjustment in an amount equal to the average disproportionate share hospital payment adjustment received by the hospital for the 3 years before October 1, 2024, due to the limit on the amount of payment to a hospital under § 1923(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396r-4(g).

(1) Provide hospitals receiving payments with a thorough written description of the methodology used to identify days and discharges.

(2) Provide hospitals receiving payments with a thorough written description of the methodology used to attribute days and discharges to the hospitals.

(3) Provide hospitals receiving payments with day and discharge counts for the hospitals.

(4) Work with hospitals receiving payments, or designated representatives of the hospitals receiving payments, to attempt to identify the source of any discrepancies between data provided under paragraph (b)(3) of this section and internal hospital data.