05-17-2020, 02:45 PM
(05-15-2020, 06:08 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Because they could be sued for malpractice and have to pay millions of dollars in damages if they put down a fake diagnosis and were treating a person for the wrong thing just to get more money.
You can't just make stuff up on a medical chart without risking losing your license.. The patient would have to be suffering from Covid symptoms or test positive for it in order for the doctor to list them as a covid patient.
Not to mention Medicare/Medicaid fraud results in treble damages. Per case. They don't have to prove each individual case, but still apply it to all similar Medicare/Medicaid patients. Medical charts have to support the diagnosis and if not reimbursement is denied.