1. to join or attach by stitches. 2. to make, repair, etc., by such means: She sewed her own wedding gown. 3. to enclose or secure with stitches: to sew flour in a bag. 4. to close (a hole, wound, etc.) by means of stitches (usu. fol. by up). 5. to work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine.
6. Proposing the scope of DRGs is new but beneficial. Each hospital will have a lot of say in terms of its scope and approach to bundled payments, such as which DRGs will be included in its bundled payments, Ms. Baggot says.
Bundled payments. By paying health care providers one lump sum for all the services needed to treat a patient with a particular condition or illness, the incentive to do more simply to earn more disappears. Instead, the emphasis shifts to providing care that helps the patient get well quicklyâand stay well.