A 74-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis.How will the hospital be reimbursed by Medicare?

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Payment is based upon the diagnostic-related group.Established by Congress in 1983,the prospective payment system eliminated cost-based reimbursement.Hospitals serving patients using Medicare were no longer paid for all costs incurred to deliver care to a patient.Instead,inpatient hospital services for patients using Medicare were combined into 468 diagnosis-related groups.Hospitals receive a set dollar amount for each patient based on the assigned DRG,regardless of the patient's length of stay or use of services in the hospital or the number of medications.

A 74-Year-Old Patient Was Admitted to the Hospital with Diabetic