There is a 20% add on payment to doctors and hospitals when the corona virus diagnosis is used.
Combine this with a DRG code for corona virus diagnosis that includes an option for “coronavirus infection without confirmatory laboratory evidence” which of course is the only way to confirm the diagnosis of a disease with such general symptoms.
It’s called fraud, and it’s inevitable when set up like this. And it is also widespread.
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