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To: TopCat who wrote (1224428)4/27/2020 3:09:09 AM
From: FJB  Respond to of 1579772
 
WTF!!!

Fact Check: Hospitals Get Paid More For Listing Patients As Having COVID-19 Even If They Show Few Symptoms


April 26, 2020, 7:29pmby Brock Simmons



A Minnesota state senator, who also happens to be a doctor, has come forward to reveal how hospitals are getting more in funding if they list more patients as having COVID-19, even if the patients are more likely to have something else, such as pneumonia. The issue is the loose definitions of the terms “probable” and “presumed” and how those terms can be applied. This is less on the doctors themselves and more on the health care administrators.