2, DRGS (Diagnostic related
Group) developed by the health systems management at yale
univercity with health care financing adminstration (HCFA) for the
development of inpatient classification system..It is a medicare
program in the united states, it measures a hospital's casemix DRGs
pay flat amount per diagnosis..Every year federal government uses
DRGs for 518 diagnostic payment rates for 4,800 short-term acute
hospitals treating medicare eligible patients..DRGs is a patient
classification system that make prospective payment to hospital
with low cost initiatives. DRGs patients under diagnosis, treatment
and length of hospital stay that depends upon
Primary diagnosis
secondary diagnosis
Surgical procedure performed
complications and comorbodities
patient age and sex
discharge status
3,medicare and medicaid
a, patient eligibility:
some people eligible for both medicare and medicaid ,it is called
dual eligibility..If patient having both medicare and medicaid
coverage, they automatically eligible for medicare savings
program(MSP),medicaid program helps for cost of service that
medicare does not cover..medicare coverage we can get by medicare
Advance plan,for getting medicare eligibility you should be a US
citizen or permanent legal resident in united states for atleast 5
years and you should be 65years or older and people of any age with
end-stage renal disease..
b, Benefits provided:
Medicare consists of four parts
Part A: it covers inpatient hospital care,skilled nursing
facility,hospice care and home heath service..
part B: it covers physician service, outpatient care, durable
medical equipment ,home health service and preventive
services..
Part c: It covers private insurance company payment for part A, B
services and provide prescription drug coverage and other
supplemental benefits..
part D: it covers prescription drug benefits.it also covers monthly
premium,annual deductible and copayments for medicare beneficiaries
who need part D coverage.
c, Medicare is administered by centers for medicare and medicaid
services(CMS)..it is funded by federal payment taxes,general tax
revenues and beneficiary premiums..The medicaid program run under
states,along with federal minimum requirement for benefits..it take
over state budgets providing expenditure and the major source of
fedral revenue to states..Federal CMS monitor the state government
program and meet the requirement of quality,service,eligibility and
standards.
d, it was Authorized by Title XIX of the social security
Act..Medicare signed into law in 1965 district of columbia and the
U.S territories have medicaid program for providing health coverage
for low-income people..each states has different medicaid program
and it's coverage vary accordingly..
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