If you got the virus please share your experience

[Yosemite77]

Originally Posted by okmunky

I wish you strength and peace as the next few months progress. Did you know that hospitals get paid 20% extra to care for Covid patients?

My understanding is that the 20% extra is only for Medicare patients. I keep seeing this coming up. I have yet to see here anybody give the names of the doctors/nurses etc that are perpetrating this fraud. Why would they jeopardize their careers so the hospitals could make more money?

[twogypsies]

Originally Posted by Yosemite77

My understanding is that the 20% extra is only for Medicare patients. I keep seeing this coming up. I have yet to see here anybody give the names of the doctors/nurses etc that are perpetrating this fraud. Why would they jeopardize their careers so the hospitals could make more money?

Lots of misinformation or half-truths out there. Hospitals are constantly under strict audit. Do you really think the hospitals/doctors/medical staff are liars? I don't. They would lose their accreditions and heavy fines.

https://www.wral.com/fact-check-do-h...ents/19156357/

https://www.dispatch.com/news/202008...id-19-patients

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-f...-idUSKBN22I2KR

[Teledoc]

Misinformation indeed, which stemmed from 'interpretations' from a Fox interview with Minnesota senator Dr Scott Jensen.

More info in this article below on reimbursement from the CARES act passed by Congress to help medical facilities care for COVID patients. No allegations of fraud have occurred (though there could be potential). Also reimbursement amounts are all over, no fixed amounts, due to a complex Medicare reimbursement policy.

Personally, from all my hospital affiliations (I'm a physician of 25 years experience), in recent years I have seen growing scrutiny and vigilance from hospital systems to avoid anything that can look like fraud/waste/abuse. The penalties can be quite steep now.

Article here:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...us/3000638001/

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