Rural hospitals could suffer due to ACA cuts & no Medicaid expan
- News Weather and Sports for Montgomery, AL.  Rural hospitals
could suffer due to ACA cuts & no Medicaid expansion  Posted:
Updated:  Rural hospitals could be at risk of possible closure
due to Alabama not expanding Medicaid and the federal government
making cuts for uncompensated care, known as Disproportionate
Share Hospital Payments (DSH).  "I do believe it will affect
some hospitals and I do believe some will close, yes" said Chris
Griffin, the Administrator at D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital in
Brewton, AL.  According to figures compiled by the Alabama
Hospital Association, hospitals in the state could lose as much
as $16 million for uncompensated care in 2014, $32 million in
2015, and $200 million in 2020.  Griffin said, ,"It's hard to
make it work anyway but as those payments decline it will be
difficult to supplement the revenue streams for the hospital.
It isn't just the hospital Brewton that could face serious
funding issues starting