title: Prepare now by learning the ABCs of PIP-DCGs (principal inpatient diagnostic cost groups).
abstract: The ABC of PIP-DCGs: How will HCFA's new Medicare payment system work? An expert who developed the new pay rate based on hospital diagnoses explains what it is and how it works.
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards; D002204:Capitation Fee; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D017059:Models, Econometric; D011907:Rate Setting and Review / Q000379:methods; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States