I retired from U of M last year as Sr Reimbursement Analyst and my specialty was Medicare, Medicaid reimbursement, rates, drg’s, tracking admits, discharges, ICD-10 codes, modifiers of coding, re-admits, cash payments from Medicare and Medicaid.
Our hospital will get an average of around 20K=30K extra for Medicare patient with Corona. Just FYI.
I believe you. Is that because of the ICU time?
My wife is on the Sr Leadership call every morning when I am having my coffee. They keep saying among themselves it’s not going to make “much” difference.
Of course, they are not doing ANYTHING else...so maybe they are referring to “rolled up.”
My apologies for misstating it.
Of course knowing Medicare, if someone is tested, sent home, and then comes back...it would probably be coded as “read it”! That would take six months to straighten out. Lol.