HIT 198 - Reimbursement Diagnostic and Procedural Groupings

Credit Hours: 3
This course includes the development of the diagnosis-related group (DRG’s), factors used to calculate DRG’s, describes the current utility and future relevance of DRG’s, indirect medical education inpatient payments, disproportionate share inpatient payments, PPS-exempt cancer hospitals, Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, Medicare severity diagnosis related groups, three day payment window, wage index, Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, Complication and Comorbidity, and Major Complication and Comorbidity.

Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better in HIT 190.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0

Semesters Offered: Demand