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Jensen said, "Hospital administrators might well want to see COVID-19 attached to a discharge summary or a death certificate. Why? Because if it's a straightforward, garden-variety pneumonia that a person is admitted to the hospital for – if they're Medicare – typically, the diagnosis-related group lump sum payment would be $5,000. But if it's COVID-19 pneumonia, then it's $13,000, and if that COVID-19 pneumonia patient ends up on a ventilator, it goes up to $39,000."
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Our ruling: True
We rate the claim that hospitals get paid more if patients are listed as COVID-19 and on ventilators as TRUE.
Hospitals and doctors do get paid more for Medicare patients diagnosed with COVID-19 or if it's considered presumed they have COVID-19 absent a laboratory-confirmed test, and three times more if the patients are placed on a ventilator to cover the cost of care and loss of business resulting from a shift in focus to treat COVID-19 cases.
Talk about perverse incentives. If it's a COVID-19 pneumonia and they die on a vent, then it's a COVID-19 death.
Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators
Jensen said, "Hospital administrators might well want to see COVID-19 attached to a discharge summary or a death certificate. Why? Because if it's a straightforward, garden-variety pneumonia that a person is admitted to the hospital for – if they're Medicare – typically, the diagnosis-related group lump sum payment would be $5,000. But if it's COVID-19 pneumonia, then it's $13,000, and if that COVID-19 pneumonia patient ends up on a ventilator, it goes up to $39,000."
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Our ruling: True
We rate the claim that hospitals get paid more if patients are listed as COVID-19 and on ventilators as TRUE.
Hospitals and doctors do get paid more for Medicare patients diagnosed with COVID-19 or if it's considered presumed they have COVID-19 absent a laboratory-confirmed test, and three times more if the patients are placed on a ventilator to cover the cost of care and loss of business resulting from a shift in focus to treat COVID-19 cases.
Talk about perverse incentives. If it's a COVID-19 pneumonia and they die on a vent, then it's a COVID-19 death.
Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators
Jensen said, "Hospital administrators might well want to see COVID-19 attached to a discharge summary or a death certificate. Why? Because if it's a straightforward, garden-variety pneumonia that a person is admitted to the hospital for – if they're Medicare – typically, the diagnosis-related group lump sum payment would be $5,000. But if it's COVID-19 pneumonia, then it's $13,000, and if that COVID-19 pneumonia patient ends up on a ventilator, it goes up to $39,000."
....
Our ruling: True
We rate the claim that hospitals get paid more if patients are listed as COVID-19 and on ventilators as TRUE.
Hospitals and doctors do get paid more for Medicare patients diagnosed with COVID-19 or if it's considered presumed they have COVID-19 absent a laboratory-confirmed test, and three times more if the patients are placed on a ventilator to cover the cost of care and loss of business resulting from a shift in focus to treat COVID-19 cases.
People who know how to code medical procedures for hospitals and other healthcare providers are worth their weight in gold to the industry. This isn't really that unique to the covid19 panic.
This is very interesting and illuminating and makes things clear about this topic.
MUST WATCH Dr Scott Jensen With Laura Ingraham On Coronavirus Death Tolls
lol 2 partisan hacks fondling each other
I would like to think NO hospital would do that
Am I just naive?
This is very interesting and illuminating and makes things clear about this topic.
MUST WATCH Dr Scott Jensen With Laura Ingraham On Coronavirus Death Tolls
These healthcare professionals put their lives on the line, only to be insulted by scumbag do nothings like you.
This is very interesting and illuminating and makes things clear about this topic.
MUST WATCH Dr Scott Jensen With Laura Ingraham On Coronavirus Death Tolls
lol 2 partisan hacks fondling each other
Thanks God you are a parrot and not a doctor.
So those that know how to game the system win. Makes you wonder why anyone wants government healthcare.Talk about perverse incentives. If it's a COVID-19 pneumonia and they die on a vent, then it's a COVID-19 death.
Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators
Jensen said, "Hospital administrators might well want to see COVID-19 attached to a discharge summary or a death certificate. Why? Because if it's a straightforward, garden-variety pneumonia that a person is admitted to the hospital for – if they're Medicare – typically, the diagnosis-related group lump sum payment would be $5,000. But if it's COVID-19 pneumonia, then it's $13,000, and if that COVID-19 pneumonia patient ends up on a ventilator, it goes up to $39,000."
....
Our ruling: True
We rate the claim that hospitals get paid more if patients are listed as COVID-19 and on ventilators as TRUE.
Hospitals and doctors do get paid more for Medicare patients diagnosed with COVID-19 or if it's considered presumed they have COVID-19 absent a laboratory-confirmed test, and three times more if the patients are placed on a ventilator to cover the cost of care and loss of business resulting from a shift in focus to treat COVID-19 cases.
People who know how to code medical procedures for hospitals and other healthcare providers are worth their weight in gold to the industry. This isn't really that unique to the covid19 panic.
