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They specifically boosted what Medicare paid for COVID treatment by 20% during the public health emergency.
by pmorici 5y ago
They specifically boosted what Medicare paid for COVID treatment by 20% during the public health emergency.
- nradov 5y agoThis article has a good overview of the exact terms of the extra 20% payments made by Medicare. https://www.hfma.org/topics/news/2020/04/increased-medicare-payments-for-covid-19-care-to-stretch-back-to.html https://www.hfma.org/topics/news/2020/04/increased-medicare-...
- shlant 5y agoand? do you have any proof of your claim that "It incentivized people to list the cause of death as COVID even when covid didn't play a role in the death or was at best incidental to it"? Are you saying doctors are personally getting some sort of kickback?
- pmorici 5y agoBesides my direct experience? It doesn’t require fraud this is the result of the loose requirements to get reimbursed under these temporary measures and the fact that COVID tests are a routine part of hospital admissions. For example to be reimbursed for funeral costs COVID only need be listed as a contributing cause and doesn’t need to be the primary cause of death.
- shlant 5y agoso you have no evidence. How much influence do you think what you are mentioning has had on the numbers and what is your proof of that?