The DRGs Do Not Address Key Areas Such as Severity

question 13

Short Answer

The DRGs do not address key areas such as severity of illness, prognosis, treatment difficulty, etc., and this has put more emphasis on the facility to analyze the type and volume of patients in their organization. This analysis as it relates to reimbursement and the organization's financial health is called ____________________ ____________________ ____________________.

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Definitions:

Misdemeanor

Any crime that is punishable neither by death nor by imprisonment in a state prison.

Serious Crime

An act, typically involving violence, regarded by society as being particularly harmful or dangerous, and punishable by severe penalties including imprisonment.

Probation

A period of supervision over an offender, ordered by a court instead of serving time in prison, allowing the person to remain in the community under specific conditions.

Conditional Sentence

A form of judicial punishment that allows an offender to serve a sentence outside of custody, under specific conditions.