Reimbursement:
MAC Overpays Hospitals For Post-Acute Transfers
Published on Tue Jul 02, 2013
Glitchy edit missed DRG prorates. Edits designed to catch transfers from hospitals to home care haven’t been working properly. Background: Under Medicare’s post acute transfer policy, hospitals’ DRG payments get prorated if they discharge a patient to home care before the median length of stay. The patient must go to home care within three days of discharge to trigger the [...]