Severity-Adjusted DRGs for FY08?: CMS Proposes DRG Refinements Based on Severity of Illness


If approved, the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule, published in the May 3, 2007, Federal Register, will bring major changes to the current Medicare DRG system for fiscal year (FY) 2008.

In the proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Med....