Newsletter December 2023

A summary of the latest information on the activities of the CKS DRG.

COMPLETION OF THE EN-DRG 2024 UPDATE

At the Steering Committee, the relative weights for 2024 were approved, officially entering into force and the reimbursement system for selected DRG groups. Along with the relative weights, an extension of the methodology was approved to include new approaches to increase the HP set by adding HPs from the 2021 data year and modeling non-valid HPs from the 2022 data year.

As part of the regular annual revision of the Coding Rules for 2024, there was:

In accordance with its statutory obligation, the CKS DRG published the base rates for 2024 as of November 30, based on information available during November 2023 on the resources available for inpatient care. The published document also includes informative base rates calculated from the resources required for inpatient healthcare providers.

In accordance with the Expert Guidance of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic on the implementation of reimbursement according to the SK-DRG classification system, the CKS DRG has published the amounts of budget reductions and limits for the implementation of reimbursement according to the SK-DRG classification system for 2024.

The workgroup updated the data interface for inpatient care reporting DR274d. The interface has been updated with the necessary entries for UN and elective LTC to be reported as of 1/1/2024 under Act 540/2021. Allowable values for type and reason for admission have also been added to DR274d. A separate guidance document on the combinations of type and reason for admission was prepared in the workgroup for these items, which more precisely specifies the reporting of these items in the data interface and PVPP.

III. DRG CONFERENCE SK-DRG 2024

On 8.12.2023 we organized for you in the premises of FIIT STU III. DRG CONFERENCE SK-DRG 2024, where we informed you about the updates in the SK-DRG for 2024 and at the same time the vision of the future of the SK-DRG was presented to you. The conference was attended by 220 people out of the original 280 registered. Thank you all very much for your participation and stimulating discussion! We would also like to thank very much our colleagues from the Institute of Public Health for their contribution on the state of development and implementation of DRGs in the Czech Republic. In case you were unable to attend the conference, you can view the recording here.

EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR FOR CODING

CKS DRG held an Educational Coding Workshop for Interventional Radiology and Gynecology, Obstetrics on December 14, 2023. The aim of the seminar was to familiarize users with the new revision of the list of medical procedures in the field of interventional radiology and to jointly explain the problem areas in the coding of gynecology and obstetrics - especially deliveries and sections. The workshop was attended by 198 participants, who we thank for their active participation, great discussion and we look forward to more meetings like this!

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