Congress Mandated Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) as a Method for Recording

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Essay

Congress mandated diagnosis-related groups (DRG) as a method for recording costs in health care organizations, in part to facilitate Medicare's prospective payment system. Explain what the DRG system is and describe the impact this change may have had on the cost accounting systems of health care organizations.

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