DRG
11
Jul 2019
On 17th June 2019, the company in charge of the development of the DRG system in Switzerland, SwissDRG SA, has announced the catalog version of SwissDRG 9.0/2020 (2017/2020). Eleven days later, the planning version of SwissDRG (2018/2020) has been published as well.
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31
May 2019
Between the 3rd of June and the 15th of July, SwissDRG will be receiving the requests/suggestions regarding the DRG system in the country.
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25
Mar 2019
Since 2018 the cost weight for a number of day surgery DRGs has become equal to the cost weight of the relevant hospital DRGs. In 2019 the number of DRGs has been extended, and in total 39 day surgery DRGs are included in the list in 2019.
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19
Mar 2019
In February 2019, the entity that is in charge of the DRG system in Switzerland, SwissDRG, announced the publication dates of the SwissDRG 9.0/2020 catalog, but also information that concerns the suggestions regarding SwissDRG.
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14
Mar 2019
Key changes in the Norwegian DRG system in 2019 include novel payment schemes for dialysis treatment, emergency conditions that occur as outpatient or day case, digital services. Pilot DRG payment models will be implemented for selected medical quality registers and selected procedures for contract specialists.
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06
Mar 2019
More than 50 new DRGs were introduced in the Swedish system in 2019, while two have been deleted. The changes affected nursing care, psychiatry, hospital and day case services of different major disease categories. Important changes relate to cardiac ablation, placement of neurostimulator.
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01
Mar 2019
Eleven new DRGs have been added in 2019, while three DRGs have been deleted. The significant changes have been made for disorders of the circulatory organs (MDC 5) and musculoskeletal, skeletal and connective tissue disorders associated with prosthetic surgery (MDC 8). They concern insertion of vagus stimulator, ablation of heart, percutaneous valve replacement, and others.
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24
Jan 2019
Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) has released key features of the DRG package for 2020, including complex chronic lung failure, stem cell transplant care and indexation of DRG tariffs.
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03
Jan 2019
On November 30, 2018, the DRG-regulating body in Switzerland, SwissDRG, has notified the public that the tariff version of SwissDRG 8.0/2019 has been published.
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28
Nov 2018
The Health Data Agency published new DRG tariffs for hospital and outpatient care in the somatic and psychiatric area for 2019.
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16
Nov 2018
The Health Data Agency published new DRG tariffs for hospital and outpatient care in the somatic and psychiatric area for 2019.
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16
Oct 2018
The board of directors of the entity that runs and manages the Swiss DRG system, SwissDRG SA, decided to verify the conditions necessary for the foundation of the outpatient tariff agency in late September 2018.
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