Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the United States, the diagnosis-related group (DRG) system dictates how much hospitals are reimbursed by ...

In a recent press release, Care Logistics announced the availability of the Target LOS Tool, a web-based program that lets hospital admissions staff quickly and easily assign correct patient DRGs and ...

Hospitals decide how much to bill Medicare for your care based on your diagnostic-related group (DRG). They then charge Medicare based on your DRG tier instead of separately for each of your medical ...

The TRICARE/CHAMPUS DRG-based payment system applies to acute care hospitals, unless such hospital is exempt by regulation from the payment system. Under the TRICARE DRG-based payment system, payment ...

The HHS Office of Inspector General has issued a report recommending CMS expand the DRG window. The DRG window was created in 2011. The policy essentially says that outpatient services related to an ...

Diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) are how Medicare and some other health insurance companies categorize hospital costs to determine how much to pay for a hospital stay. With DRGs, the payment amount ...