Data quality
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 outputs is currently almost 400 pages long. CKS DRG recognizes the importance of validating DRG benefits for their subsequent use. Open areas within the feedback are the definition guide and the lump sum case catalogue.
The CKS DRG team, in collaboration mainly with the Slovak Society of Radiology, has started a review of group 8r in the list of medical procedures.
The economics team completed a review of Chapter 4 of the costing manual, which was revised with feedback from representatives at the inpatient costing working group. This has completed the review of the cost centre groups, where only minimal adjustments are currently underway. In June, 2 working group meetings and a face-to-face meeting were held at the University Hospital in Trnava to consult on any costing or medical uncertainties.
The CKS DRG team is currently working on revising the appendices in the Calculation Manual - started with Appendix 1 - Chart of Accounts and updating it and will continue with other appendices.
In June, all PHCPs submitted their annual DRG batch. The complete list and the date of submission of DRG benefits can be found HERE. We thank everyone involved for their work and hope that next year will be more successful in terms of data collection. the 14 PHAs that did not meet the extension deadline of the end of April are asked to be prepared to submit the 2021 DRG benefit by the required deadline.
The validation methodology is being finalised and an analytical summary on data quality is being prepared. The CKS DRG team plans to provide feedback to individual PHCPs identifying the most common errors. This is a methodology that is now almost 400 pages long.
The CKS DRG medical team continued to process feedback and prepare various methodologies and revisions, which are described below.
The CKS has been working on the elaboration of the feedback suggestions, their consultation with experts, and at the same time a second round of per rollam voting of the Working Group (WG DP) on the elaborated feedback suggestions is underway. We are assessing the comments on the second round of voting and the relevant ones will be incorporated into the solutions and submitted for further voting.
The CKS has processed 18 Feedback Statements (FSs), 13 FSs have been presented to the WG DP for opinion and the remaining 16 FSs are in progress.
The Steering Committee approved a proposal for uniform coding of patients with COVID-19, which went into effect on June 1.
The solutions to the feedback were presented to the Working Group (WG WG), which voted on the suggestions. The suggestions that were commented on by the WG EWS members were re-analysed by the CKS. Based on the analyses, the comments were evaluated and the relevant ones were incorporated into the solution. These suggestions were subsequently voted on again by the CCA PSC. The feedback on the HIA was closed in June.
In cooperation with professional societies, the revision of the group 8r in the ZZV (Slovak Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Slovak Society of Nephrology, Slovak Society of Haematology and Transfusiology and Slovak Society of Radiology) was started.