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.
An indexing or classification system for standardizing prospective payment for medical care. Diseases and conditions are assigned to a single DRG when they are felt to share similar clinical and health care utilization features. The reimbursement for treating all individuals within the same DRG is the same regardless of actual cost to the health care facility.