The article reports on the diagnosis related group (DRG) payment window. It states that the initiative which hospitals received demands to pay penalties under the False Claims Act because they had billed separately for outpatient services furnished within the three days of an inpatient admission. It notes that it results to having systems in place in all hospitals that flag any patient's account when there was an outpatient service furnished to the patient within the DRG payment window.
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