Prospective Payments for Inpatient Hospital Services: Final 1989 Fiscal Year Rates and Regulation Changes, Part 2 |
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... Recommendation No. 16 , believes that refinements to DRG 468 are needed to improve the accuracy of patient classification . ProPAC recommended that all cases currently assigned to DRG 468 should be reassigned to existing surgical DRGs ...
... Recommendation No. 16 , believes that refinements to DRG 468 are needed to improve the accuracy of patient classification . ProPAC recommended that all cases currently assigned to DRG 468 should be reassigned to existing surgical DRGs ...
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... recommendation or our responses to that recommendation , we have not repeated the recommendation and response in the discussion below . Recommendations 1 through 5 concerning the update factors are discussed in Appendix B of this ...
... recommendation or our responses to that recommendation , we have not repeated the recommendation and response in the discussion below . Recommendations 1 through 5 concerning the update factors are discussed in Appendix B of this ...
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... recommendation to revise labor market area definitions for use in establishing the wage index . One commenter asserted that revising labor market area definitions to take into account urban core and ring differences and urbanized and ...
... recommendation to revise labor market area definitions for use in establishing the wage index . One commenter asserted that revising labor market area definitions to take into account urban core and ring differences and urbanized and ...
Contents
SUMMARY | 38476 |
CHANGES TO DRG CLASSIFICATIONS AND WEIGHTING | 38482 |
CHANGES TO THE HOSPITAL WAGE INDEX | 38493 |
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addition amended average standardized amount beds changes cholecystectomy cochlear implants commenter computed cost reporting period cost-to-charge ratios criteria day outliers determined diagnosis code discharges occurring DISORDERS DRG classification DRG weights effective Excision excluded Federal fiscal final rule grams Grouper HCFA hospital-specific hospital's hospitals located indirect medical education inpatient hospital services intermediary large urban areas length of stay marginal cost market basket Medicare MEDPAR methodology MIX INDEXES October outlier payments outlier policy outlier pool paragraph patient payment adjustment percent for hospitals percentage increase PERCENTILE principal diagnosis procedure code ProPAC prospective payment rates prospective payment system PROVIDER CASE MIX Puerto Rico qualify recalibration recommendation regional RELATIVE WEIGHTS reporting periods beginning revised rural areas rural counties rural hospitals rural referral center SCH status sole community hospital target amount update factors urban areas W/O CC weighting factors WEIGHTS GEOMETRIC MEAN West North Central