3 ms·
There is a financial incentive for hospitals to mark Medicare patients as covid-19. Even more so if they get put on a ventilator. That doesn't mean that hospi
by tastyfreeze 6y ago
There is a financial incentive for hospitals to mark Medicare patients as covid-19. Even more so if they get put on a ventilator. That doesn't mean that hospitals are abusing it. My assumption any time money is involved is that somebody will abuse the system for profit.
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/hospital-payments-and-the-covid-19-death-count/ https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/hospital-payments-and-the-...
- omegaworks 6y agoThey'd be taking a pretty big risk by doing that. Not only is venting a patient extremely dangerous (50% chance you're never coming off that vent), you can lose your license, face prison time and get fined as least as much as you defrauded Medicare.