A payment classification system used for reimbursement of health care cost by Medicare is:

a. managed care contracts c. diagnosis-related groups
b. penetration rate revenue d. length-of-stay records


C
Diagnosis-related groups, or DRGs, are used by Medicare to group patients into predetermined categories for reimbursement purposes.

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