ambulatory patient group


ambulatory patient group

Managed care A prospective payment system, analogous to inpatient DRGs, for ± 300 hospital outpatient technical component services. See Ambulatory payment classification, DRG.

Am·bu·la·to·ry Pa·tient Group

(am'byū-ă-tōr-ē pā'shĕnt grūp) A payment system replaced by the Ambulatory Payment Classification (q.v.).