How many hospital acquired condition (HAC) categories are there?
What is 14. Some examples of HAC categories are catheter associated urinary tract infection, stage III and IV decubitus ulcers, DVT/PE with total knee or hip replacement procedure, surgical site infection following CABG procedure, and falls and trauma (fracture, concussion, burn).
What do the acronyms MS-DRG and RW stand for?
• What is Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group and Relative Weight? Based on a system developed at Yale University in the late 1960’s, Medicare began using DRGs in 1983 in an effort to decrease the cost of health care. MS-DRGs were implemented in 2008. Each DRG is assigned a relative weight that reflects the national average hospital resource consumption for all patients who fall within the MS-DRG.