Case Study Hospital Reimbursement

It’s very interesting to find out that hospitals do not get the same payment for same or similar services provided to DRG patients. Just like you said, the reimbursement is adjusted according to the location of the hospital and the type of patient the hospital treats, for a example, whether it is a hospital with less complex cases or a hospital with complex cases that treats patients with gunshot wound and open heart surgery. In this case, as a hospital administrator, it is important to pay attention to the coding assigned for the DRG patients whenever there is a decrease in reimbursement and other things that could affect the kind of services the hospital provides. If a DRG patient is treated for a shorter number of days with less cost, then,