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CMS Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) Grouper (Version 24.0) (software distributed on magnetic tape) Documentation.

PB2006108069

Publication Date	2006
Page Count	0
Abstract	This manual contains the information needed to use the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Diagnosis Related Groups (CMS DRG) Grouper Software, version 24.0 in a main-frame environment. The operating system for this version of the CMS DRG grouper is z/OS Batch. The manual provides technical personnel with the detail neces-sary to install, debug, and support the CMS DRG grouper. The first four chapters describe installing, testing, and running the grouper. Chapters 5 and 6 provide detailed information on the logic of the executor and the construction of the tables. The appendixes provide grouping results for the test database, a description of the masks used to process data, and a list of the modifications made to the CMS DRG grouper for version 24.0. Users already familiar with the CMS DRG grouping software are encouraged to read this manual to ensure that installation, test-ing, and production runs perform without incident. If you have never used the software, we strongly recommend that you read the manual thoroughly to become familiar with it before installation. The manual assumes that you are familiar with IBM Basic Assembler Language (BAL) and IBM MVS Job Control Language.
Keywords	Diagnosis related groups Medicare Claims Error detection codes Software Administration Classification systems Patients Hospitals Demography Discharge(Health facilities) Billing Health care costs Coding Claim review Health insurance Documentation CD-ROM CMS(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Diagnosis Related Groups(DRG)
Source Agency	Health Care Finance Administration Office of Management and Budget
Corporate Authors	Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, MD.
Supplemental Notes	This is documentation for PB2006-500059.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Software documentation.
NTIS Issue Number	200622

CMS Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) Grouper (Version 24.0) (software distributed on magnetic tape) Documentation.

CMS Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) Grouper (Version 24.0) (software distributed on magnetic tape) Documentation.
PB2006108069

Publication Date	2006
Page Count	0
Abstract	This manual contains the information needed to use the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Diagnosis Related Groups (CMS DRG) Grouper Software, version 24.0 in a main-frame environment. The operating system for this version of the CMS DRG grouper is z/OS Batch. The manual provides technical personnel with the detail neces-sary to install, debug, and support the CMS DRG grouper. The first four chapters describe installing, testing, and running the grouper. Chapters 5 and 6 provide detailed information on the logic of the executor and the construction of the tables. The appendixes provide grouping results for the test database, a description of the masks used to process data, and a list of the modifications made to the CMS DRG grouper for version 24.0. Users already familiar with the CMS DRG grouping software are encouraged to read this manual to ensure that installation, test-ing, and production runs perform without incident. If you have never used the software, we strongly recommend that you read the manual thoroughly to become familiar with it before installation. The manual assumes that you are familiar with IBM Basic Assembler Language (BAL) and IBM MVS Job Control Language.
Keywords	Diagnosis related groups Medicare Claims Error detection codes Software Administration Classification systems Patients Hospitals Demography Discharge(Health facilities) Billing Health care costs Coding Claim review Health insurance Documentation CD-ROM CMS(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Diagnosis Related Groups(DRG)
Source Agency	Health Care Finance Administration Office of Management and Budget
Corporate Authors	Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, MD.
Supplemental Notes	This is documentation for PB2006-500059.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Software documentation.
NTIS Issue Number	200622