[pierrem15]

What that really means is that dollar-generating elective surgeries will be delayed in exchange for expensive, often unreimbursed COVID-19 care.

It's all about the Benjamins.

[gas_dr]

Except the DRG for CoVID U07.1 is $12,000 for the admission, and for MCC (vent support) is $36,000 for admission which is much higher than most respiratory failure DRGs. There is a lot of money in CoVID. A colleague of mine had seven CoVID admissions recently, all of which were young, floor patients that required no supplemental oxygen and were discharged within a day or so — DRG still applies, hospital came out well on those cases.