Are the hospitals still being paid by Uncle Sam to treat COVID patients in house? There’s a 10 BILLION dollar pot of money being shared by 1,000 hospitals. Is your hospital one of them? Great way to pay the indigent care costs, isn’t it?
Hospitals are paid to treat any patient in the inpatient setting according to a DRG. But hospital payment to treat patients in-house is based on the medical necessity of a patient. Nothing more, nothing less.