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Wiki What does HCC stand for?

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I think it's a medicare abreviation.:rolleyes:
 
Medicare has classified about 3,000 of the 14,000 ICD-9 diagnosis codes into HCCs or categories designating chronic conditions that end up costing them more money over the long run, such as diabetes, kidney failure, old MI, etc. When patients are assigned these ICD-9 codes, Medicare sees those beneficiaries as being more severely ill than the "average" Medicare beneficiary. For the Medicare Advantage members, this could result in higher reimbursement. There is lots of info on the CMS website if you search "HCC". Here is one document (very large document):
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HealthCareFinancingReview/Downloads/04Summerpg119.pdf
 
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