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Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) Inpatient Payment Review

The 2012 Florida Legislature has mandated that the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) implement a new inpatient payment method utilizing Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) for Florida Medicaid on July 1, 2013.

For more information about this transition, please visit the DRG Pricing web page on the provider web portal.

Effective July 1, 2024
Note: Based on HB 5001, SFY 2024-25 General Appropriations Act

Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 136.5 kB ]   7/1/2024
Provider Specific DRG Results [ excel 92.4 kB ]  7/1/2024
DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2024-25 [ excel 90.8 kB ]  7/1/2024
Provider DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2024-25 [ excel 45.3 kB ]  7/1/2024

Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) Payment System Educational Session
February 27, 2024
Florida APR DRG Educational Training [ pdf 836.2 kB ]

Effective July 1, 2023
Note: Based on SB 2500, SFY 2023-24 General Appropriations Act

Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 127.3 kB ]   Updated 6/14/2023
Provider Specific DRG Results [ excel 92.4 kB ] 5/05/2023
DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2023-24 [ excel 88.4 kB ]  Updated 6/14/2023
Provider DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2023-24 [ excel 40.8 kB ]  Updated 6/14/2023

Effective July 1, 2022
Note: Based on SB 2500, SFY 2022-23 General Appropriations Act

Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 128 kB ]   Updated 2/17/2023
Provider Specific DRG Results [ excel 101.2 kB ] Updated 7/15/2022
DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2022-23 [ excel 138.2 kB ] Updated 7/01/2022
Provider DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2022-23 [ excel 51.8 kB ] Updated 2/17/2023

Effective July 1, 2021
Note: Based on SB 2500, SFY 2021-22 General Appropriations Act

Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 127.4 kB ]   Updated 3/7/2022
Provider Specific DRG Results [ excel 86.8 kB ]  Updated 5/24/2021
DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2021-22 [ excel 138.9 kB ]  7/01/2021
Provider DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2021-22 [ excel 47.1 kB ]  Updated 3/7/2022

Effective October 1, 2020
Note: Based on HB 5001, SFY 2020-21 General Appropriations Act

Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 177.8 kB ] Updated 5/7/2021
Provider DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2020-21 [ excel 46.2 kB ] October 1, 2020

Effective July 1, 2020
Note: Based on SB 5001, SFY 2020-21 General Appropriations Act

Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 310.7 kB ]  Updated 6/1/2020
Provider Specific Results [ excel 82.4 kB ] Updated 3/27/2020
DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2020-21 [ excel 227.8 kB ] July 1, 2020
Provider DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2020-21 [ excel 46.6 kB ] July 1, 2020

Previous DRG Simulations

Note: The SFY 2019-20 Provider Specific Results have been updated with data reflecting the impact of changes to projected hospital inpatient reimbursement, by hospital and in the aggregate, resulting from final parameters adopted by the Legislature in SFY 2020-21 HB 5001 back of the bill proviso language.

Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 305.4 kB ] Updated 6/1/2020
Provider Specific Results [ excel 80.9 kB ] Updated 3/27/2020
DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2019-20 [ excel 202.2 kB ] July 1, 2019
Provider DRG Rate Worksheet FY 2019-20 [ excel 46.7 kB ] July 1, 2019

Note: Based on HB 5001, SFY 2018-19 General Appropriations Act

Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 298.2 kB ]  Updated 8/27/2018
Provider Specific Results [ excel 77.3 kB ] Updated 6/29/2018

Note: Based on SB 2500, SFY 2017-18 General Appropriations Act

Provider Specific Results [ excel 88 kB ] Updated 5/24/2017
Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 296.4 kB ] , Updated 1/23/2018

Note: Based on SPB 2500, SFY 2017-18 General Appropriations Act

Provider Specific Results [ excel 103.6 kB ] , Updated 4/3/2017

Note: Based on PCB APC 17-01, SFY 2017-18 General Appropriations Act

Provider Specific Results [ excel 106.3 kB ] , Updated 4/3/2017

Note: Based on FY 2016-17 General Appropriations Act

Florida DRG Calculator SFY 2016-2017 [ excel 283.8 kB ] , Effective July 1, 2016

Note: Based on FY 2015-16 Casemix Reconciliation

Florida DRG Calculator SFY 2015-2016 [ excel 291.1 kB ] , Effective March 1, 2016

Note: Based on FY 2015-16 General Appropriations Act

Florida DRG Calculator SFY 2015-2016 [ excel 306.1 kB ] , Effective July 1, 2015

Note: Based on FY 2014-15 General Appropriations Act

Florida DRG Calculator SFY 2014-2015 [ excel 323.6 kB ] Updated 7/21/2014

Note: Based on FY 2014-15 Casemix Reconciliation

Florida DRG Calculator SFY 2014-15 Effective March 1, 2015 [ excel 321.4 kB ] Updated 3/6/2015

NOTE: Based on final rates implemented 11/1/2013 and effective July 1, 2013 (retrospective) for FY 2013-14.

Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 307.7 kB ]
Summary Comparison of DRG July 1, 2013 GAA Simulation vs. November 1, 2013 FINAL Simulation by Provider [ pdf 556.3 kB ]  
Summary Comparison of DRG July 1, 2013 GAA Simulation vs. November 1, 2013 FINAL Simulation by Provider [ excel 60.1 kB ]  

NOTE: Based on final DRG Conversion Implementation Plan as submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Florida DRG Calculator [ excel 289.7 kB ]
Summary of DRG Simulation 28 Results by Provider [ pdf 291.9 kB ]
Summary of DRG Simulation 28 Results by Provider [ excel 91.7 kB ]

NOTE: Based on originally filed House budget bill, PCB APC 13-05 (GAA).

Summary of DRG Simulation as Proposed in PCB APC 13-05 (GAA) Results by Provider [ pdf 439.8 kB ]
Summary of DRG Simulation as Proposed in PCB APC 13-05 (GAA) Results by Provider [ excel 127 kB ]

NOTE: Based on originally filed Senate budget bill, SPB 7040

Summary of DRG Simulation as Proposed in SPB 7040 Results by Provider [ pdf 661.1 kB ]
Summary of DRG Simulation as Proposed in SPB 7040 Results by Provider [ excel 125 kB ]

DRG Transitional Payments

DRG Transitional Payments Report, June 30, 2014 [ pdf 4.5 MB ]
DRG Transitional Payments Report, March 1, 2014 [ pdf 4.1 MB ]

DRG Payment Options

NOTE: Final DRG Conversion Implementation Plan as submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

DRG Conversion Implementation Plan [ pdf 2.7 MB ]

NOTE: The recommendations contained in the DRG payment method options document posted below are from the consultants and not from the Agency for Health Care Administration. The recommendations are preliminary and made prior to comparing the data analysis that would be required to finalize the recommendations. The Agency has not made its recommendations. 

DRG Payment Method Options (with Navigant's preliminary recommendations) [ pdf 801.6 kB ]

Reimbursement Plans

Rough draft version as used for discussion purposes only  at the August 27, 2013 rule development workshop.

DRG Reimbursement Plan Rough Draft [ pdf 1.2 MB ]

NOTE: This inpatient hospital reimbursement plan was submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as State Plan Amendment (SPA) 2013-011 on September 30, 2013.  The language contained in the reimbursement plan may be revised several times during the CMS review and approval process and is not considered final until AHCA receives written approval of the reimbursement plan from CMS.

DRG Reimbursement Plan [ pdf 884.8 kB ]

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