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.
gas_dr wrote:
“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.”
Thanks for that info!
Big money making scheme, isn’t it?
But how many of those patients will have no insurance, Medicare or Medicaid, or be illegal aliens? Or does the gov still reimburse at those rates for everyone?
How about $39k for an 10 day ICU stay?
What a bargain that is!