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Medicare pays out 20% more to the hospital if a patient is Covid-19 positive. So there's actually a strong financial incentive to report every possible Covid-1
by nostromo 6y ago
Medicare pays out 20% more to the hospital if a patient is Covid-19 positive. So there's actually a strong financial incentive to report every possible Covid-19 case in the US.
- seppin 6y agoYou are casually implying with no evidence that hospitals are intentionally misclassifying cases for financial reasons (which is a crime). Please do better. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/24/fact-check-medicare-hospitals-paid-more-covid-19-patients-coronavirus/3000638001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/24/fac...