A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payments for inpatient hospital discharges under part A of such title shall be based upon the diagnosis-related group applicable at the time of admission or a diagnosis-related group determined subsequent to admission, whichever would result in the greater payment.

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Introduced

13 October 1988

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Referred to Subcommittee on Health.

Summary

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to base payments for inpatient hospital discharges under part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program upon the diagnosis-related group (DRG) into which the patient was placed upon admission or the DRG into which the patient was placed after a subsequent diagnosis, whichever would result in the greater payment.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5529
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