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The diagnosis-related group (DRG) system, while containing Medicare inpatient costs, has not translated into controlled growth in healthcare expenditures.
GAO-07-46 September 26, 2007 Under Medicare, hospitals generally receive fixed payments for inpatient stays based on diagnosis-related groups (DRG), a system that classifies stays by patient diagnoses and procedures.
1, but phased in over time, were far less dramatic than feared and eased the concerns raised by physician and hospital groups, and hospital groups and more than 240 members of Congress who urged the agency to delay proposed changes in diagnosis-related groups (DRGs).
 
 
 
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