New DRG System for IPPS: CMS Proposes Severity-Adjusted DRG System Based on APR DRGs


In the April 25, 2006, issue of the Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a consolidated severity-adjusted DRG system for fiscal year 2008 in proposed rule changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for fiscal year 2007. CMS bel....