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.
Under the special-pay transfer DRGs, the hospital receives half the full DRG payment, plus the per diem, on day one, and then 1/2 the per-diem rate every day thereafter until the full DRG payment is reached. At this point, the hospital needs to weigh the benefit versus the cost of keeping the patient until the G/LOS.