Becker's Hospital Review Medicaid expansion had a ‘close to zero’ net effect on nonprofit hospital finances, report finds While the ACA’s Medicaid expansion lowered uncompensated care costs for nonprofit hospitals, those savings were counteracted by Medicaid payment shortfalls, according to a recent report by Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan research institute AcademyHealth. The study, “State Medicaid Expansion and Hospital Financial Status,” took place between 2009 and 2015, which included two years of post-Medicaid expansion. Gary […]