title: New risk-adjusted Medicare payment system promises more accurate patient profiles.
abstract: Use your knowledge of PIP-DCGs to bolster rate negotiations with your plan. A researcher with experience in operating a plan under Medicare's new risk-adjusted payment methodology reveals what you need to know about principal inpatient diagnostic cost groups.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002204:Capitation Fee; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D020398:Medicare Part C / Q000639:trends*; D011907:Rate Setting and Review; D020379:Risk Adjustment; D020414:Risk Sharing, Financial / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States