Wayne Memorial Hospital – Wayne County – Tobacco Settlement Payment Data for Year 2026

The Tobacco Settlement Program involves annual payments from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) to hospitals like Wayne Memorial for uncompensated care services. Hospitals can apply through two methods: the uncompensated care approach or the extraordinary expense approach. For 2026, Wayne Memorial Hospital reported five potentially eligible extraordinary expense claims, all of which qualified. DHS uses data from the PHC4 claims database and MA-336 Cost Reports to determine payment eligibility. Facilities failing to update their claims data risk ineligibility for payments. Additional claims for the fiscal year can be submitted until October 31, 2025. Payments to eligible hospitals will be based on verified claims and data, with DHS setting the distribution date. This is an automated summary. Please rely on the contents included in the released audit report.