Every year, CMS releases updates and changes to the Medicare-Severity Diagnostic Related Groups (MS-DRGs) and the complication/comorbidity and major complication comorbidity (CC/MCC) diagnosis lists.
But the big news is what’s NOT taking effect in the final rule…
Do you know which Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) was the ONLY one with increased rates between 2014 and 2017?
This HAC resulted in:
-A 6% incidence rate increase
-An increase of $1.7 Billion in costs
-An increase of 4,900 deaths
Check out this post to learn more.
