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DRG, abbreviation for diagnosis-related group. DRG, n the abbreviation for diagnosis-related group. DRG DRG Diagnosis-related group Managed care A unit of classifying Pts by diagnosis, average length of hospital stay, and therapy received; the result is used to determine how much money health care providers will be given to cover future
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The DRG ordinance proposes four options to meet this 60 percent requirement: (1) single-loaded streets adjacent to the preserve; (2) cul-de-sacs opening to the preserve; (3) private open space adjacent to the preserve; and, the catchall, (4) creative options. A potential crimp in this, unfortunately, is posed by Medicare's new transfer rules - that is, a hospital's moving a DRG patient to a lower level of care is now interpreted as a transfer rather than a discharge, the result being a possibly decreased DRG and therefore an incentive to hang on to those patients. Mike Cindia Sales, Wadsworth, OH, has been appointed sales representatives for DRG Hydraulics in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania. |
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