A 74-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis. How will the hospital be reimbursed by Medicare?
a. Based upon the diagnostic-related group
b. Based upon the cost of care
c. Based upon the actual length of stay
d. Based upon the number of medications
A
Payment is based upon the diagnostic-related group. Established by Congress in 1983, the pros-pective payment system eliminated cost-based reimbursement. Hospitals serving patients using Medicare were no longer paid for all costs incurred to deliver care to a patient. Instead, inpatient hospital services for patients using Medicare were combined into 468 diagnosis-related groups. Hospitals receive a set dollar amount for each patient based on the assigned DRG, regardless of the patient's length of stay or use of services in the hospital or the number of medications.
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