Medicare will pay hospitals a 20% "add-on" to the regular DRG (Diagnosis-related group) payment for COVID-19 patients. That’s a result of the CARES Act, the largest of the three federal stimulus laws enacted in response to the Coronavirus, which was signed into law March 27.
So Medicare Does Pay Extra for COVID-19 Treatment. I am not saying this is wrong. I am only saying there is an Incentive for Care Providers/Medical Examiners to code non-COVID cases as COVID cases.
There are actually people who are smarter than Fella. I have to leave it up to these smarter people to monitor these payments and to only pay what is proper.
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I will say this about all of this. It is very complicated. This American Hospital Association Special Bulletin below contains 3,279 Words and has 44 Different Sections.
If you want to read all of it (I hope for your sake you have something better to do), click here... https://www.aha.org/special-bulletin/2020-03-26-senate-passes-coronavirus-aid-relief-and-economic-security-cares-act
It’s a Joke! The above CNN Breaking News is not true...Or is it not?
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
Lagniappe: Some of you who are too young to remember Jimmy Hoffa. He was the former head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and he disappeared on July 30, 1975. It is believed that the Mafia made him disappear.
