In 2007,the government upgraded the DRG system of reimbursement and introduced the MS-DRG system.This upgrade is designed to take into account

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A criticism of DRGs has been that the system does not take into account the severity of a patient's disease.As of October 1,2007,the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented the Medicare Severity DRG system (MS-DRG),which takes into account the level of severity of a patient's condition and the amount of resources used to care for him or her.

In 2007,the Government Upgraded the DRG System of Reimbursement and Introduced