[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.

[WildHighlander57]

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?

[pierrem15]

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?

[ncalburt]

Boy you know the real score .Thank you for spreading the truth .

[Vermont Lt]

How about $39k for an 10 day ICU stay?

What a bargain that is!