Calculate the Correct DRG Payment for the Following Scenario: the DRG

question 37

Multiple Choice

Calculate the correct DRG payment for the following scenario: The DRG relative weight for a bone marrow transplant is 8.8698, and the base rate for your facility is $1,815.

• A) $15,972
• B) $16,153.50
• C) $16,098.69
• D) $16,099.05

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Definitions:

Derailment

A thought disorder in which a person's speech is characterized by a series of loosely connected ideas; often seen in schizophrenia.

Avolition

A lack of motivation or ability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activities, often seen in psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia.

Alogia

A symptom commonly found in schizophrenia, characterized by a significant reduction in the amount of speech.

Motivation

The internal and external processes that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role, or subject.