Heart Failure DRG Proposed For ICD Procedures In Medicare Inpatient Rule
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Hospitals will be reimbursed at a higher rate for ICD-eligible heart failure patients requiring an electrophysiology test, following inclusion of a new DRG in the fiscal 2004 inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule
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