Boons and banes of the DRG


With developments pertaining to the latest hot topic in town, the excruciating increase in premiums for medical insurance, having evolved to the proposed implementation of the diagnostic-related group (DRG) model, Malaysians will be waiting with bated breath on how the mooted system will be carried out, and how effective it will be in lowering overall hospitalisation costs.

To regulate private hospital charges, the Ministry of Health (MoH) intends to standardise them against the Rakan KKM programme. It will pilot the DRG for Rakan KKM by mid-2025 before mandating the system for private hospitals.

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