A new billing system called Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) has been introduced for the first time by the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Daman). The system is set to help increase efficiency and better control the quality of medical services.
The move came following the Health Authority — Abu Dhabi’s (HAAD) circular mandating the payment of the Basic Abu Dhabi claims starting August 1 based on DRGs. Prior to the development of this system, healthcare providers’ inpatient bills were detailed according to health services provided.
DRGs identify patients with similar clinical profiles and costs of treatment and pay the hospital the average amount, regardless of what it costs to treat an individual patient.
This will consequently limit health care providers from adding unnecessary services in attempts to boost their revenues.
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