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 ...
As we reported in our Managed Care Newsletter in April 2020, the CARES Act passed by Congress last year provides for a 20% increase to the DRG weights in the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment ...
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 ...