---
language:
- en
pretty_name: Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments - Annual Reporting Requirements
tags:
- hhs
- cms
- medicaid
---

# Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments - Annual Reporting Requirements

## Description

Federal law requires that state Medicaid programs make Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments to qualifying hospitals that serve a large number of Medicaid and uninsured individuals. State-specific annual DSH reports are posted as submitted by states based on their availability.

For more information, visit https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/finance/dsh/index.html.

## Dataset Details

- **Publisher**: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- **Last Modified**: 2019-01-24
- **Contact**: Jeff Chamblee (no-reply@data.medicaid.gov)

## Source

Original data can be found at: https://healthdata.gov/d/625f-fyt3

## Usage

You can load this dataset using:

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
 dataset = load_dataset('HHS-Official/disproportionate-share-hospital-dsh-payments-annua')
```
## License

This dataset is licensed under https://www.usa.gov/government-works