MS-DRG Emerging Technology

Emerging Technology and MS-DRG’s In today’s health industry there are many new technologies emerging. Those technologies are shaping how medicine is being defined. There are so many new devices and techniques being invented which will change the way hospitals and physicians are reimbursed. MS-DRG’s are Medicare severity- diagnosis related groups. There are two emerging technologies that really caught my eye, the 3D organ printing and Telehealth. Both of these emerging technologies are new concepts to the world today that I hope will in a few years help to shape a brighter and better future for the health of all people. First off, I would like to explain what MS-DRG’s are and how they work. As I said before, MS-DRG stands for Medicare severity- diagnosis related groups and for each inpatient stay one MS-DRG is given. MS-DRG’s range from 001-999 with some unused numbers in-between to be used in the future for expansion purposes. There are 25 Major Diagnostic categories (MDC), and the first step in discovering a MSDRG is to look at the primary and admitting diagnoses, then to decide the major diagnostic category. Diagnosis codes
Telehealth or “telemedicine” is often used when referring to traditional clinical diagnosis and monitoring that is delivered by technology. However, the term “Telehealth” is now more commonly used to describe the wide range of diagnosis and management, education, and other related fields of health care. These include dentistry, counseling, physical and occupational therapy, home health, chronic disease monitoring and management, disaster management, and consumer and professional education. (NTPRC) Health Resources and Services Administration defines Teleheath as:
“The use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration.”