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The Centre for Classification System (CCS) is gradually setting the contours of DRGs in Slovakia. In the first steps, we focus on understanding the processes followed by the Health Care Supervisory...
We would like to present our work at the Centre for DRG Classification System (CKS DRG) at the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic in the form of monthly blogs. We are currently on our way to...
In March, the 45th meeting of the Steering Committee (SC) for reimbursement mechanisms and price regulationtook place, the first ever at the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic.CKS also opene...
There were 11 working group meetings by the end of April. The CKS team is mainly focused on opinions on Feedback and setting up the revision of the main DRG outputs. At the same time, the CKS team ...
The DRG classification system needs to undergo extensive changes. All experts agree on this statement. Changes are being developed for the addition and removal of medical procedures (MPs), in the c...
The CKS DRG team is prioritising the analysis of the quality of data collected from inpatient health care providers (IHCPs) and finalising feedback. The DRG benefit validation methodology with outp...
DRG benefits for 2019 in the current database are considered incorrect as high anomalies were found when the data was checked (more HERE). The CKS DRG team found 5 erroneous benefits when checking ...
A summary of the latest information on the activities of the CKS DRG.Summary of DRG changes until 30.6.2023Checking and correcting annual doses using validation protocolsThe process of validation a...
A summary of the latest information on the activities of the CKS DRG.Expert Working Group on Contentious Situations in the SK-DRGThe CKS DRG, also taking into account the requirements of the users ...
A summary of the latest information on the activities of the CKS DRG.DRG 2024 UPDATEThe biggest change is a complete overhaul of medical procedures in interventional radiology. Procedures related t...
A summary of the latest information on the activities of the CKS DRG.COMPLETION OF THE EN-DRG 2024 UPDATEAt the Steering Committee, the relative weights for 2024 were approved, officially entering ...
A summary of the latest information on the activities of the CKS DRG.Methodology for calculating the PCCLIn collaboration with the grouper vendors, we have standardized the methodology for calculat...
Work on the implementation of the JHS concept is ongoing. The CKS DRG is preparing its documents for the incorporation of same-day healthcare into the SK-DRG so that pilot testing can take place fr...
This year, in cooperation with the main experts of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic and representatives of professional societies, we have managed to completely revise 2 areas in the L...
After 3 years of intensive work, the CKS DRG team succeeded in integrating same-day healthcare into the SK-DRG. PHC is being piloted in the DRG, for 2025 the reporting of PHC in the SK-DRG will be ...
A summary of the latest information on the activities of the CKS DRG. The CKS DRG has issued guidance on HP lasting less than 24 hours. The guidance focuses mainly on situations where the patient i...
A summary of the latest information on the activities of the CKS DRG. In the context of same-day healthcare, the CKS DRG published in the last quarter an update of the MoH Expert Guideline on the p...
A summary of the latest information on the activities of the CKS DRG. Newsletter October 2025