Did you read that? It says that more cases of COVID19 get more funding. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:10 AM Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com> wrote: > Josh, > > I'm surprised to find you supporting my point. > > "The first round of grants will be distributed based on historical share > Medicare revenue, not based on COVID-19 burden. Therefore, hard-hit states > like New York will receive far less per COVID-19 case than most other > states. > > HHS said it doled out the first slice of funding based on Medicare revenue > to get support to hospitals as quickly as possible. The agency said > <https://www.hhs.gov/provider-relief/index.html> the next round of grants > "will focus on providers in areas particularly impacted by the COVID-19 > outbreak," rural hospitals and other healthcare providers that receive much > of their revenues from Medicaid." > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 9:03 AM Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > wrote: > >> >implying that there is some economic incentive to report more positive >> cases. As far as I can tell, this is not the case whatsoever. >> >> >> https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/state-by-state-breakdown-of-federal-aid-per-covid-19-case.html >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:01 AM Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Lewis, It seems that you are still implying that there is some economic >>> incentive to report more positive cases. As far as I can tell, this is not >>> the case whatsoever. That may not be your intent, but the structure of >>> your sentence "I merely quesited about there being some misguided economic >>> incentive, ..." vs something like " I merely quesited whether there may be >>> some misguided economic incentive, ..." suggests that the incentive >>> exists. >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 8:26 AM Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> <RANT> >>>> WTF don't you people understand? How many times do I have to state I am >>>> NOT trying to state, imply, or propagate that there is a conspiracy to >>>> inflate, deflate, or otherwise misreport the numbers? >>>> >>>> I'll state again, for I hope the very last time: >>>> Anecdotal information I have personal knowledge of to be true, that >>>> there is over reporting in this oh so tiny subset of data. I am sure there >>>> is misreporting of positive cases as negative. I merely quesited about >>>> there being some misguided economic incentive, put in place with the best >>>> intentions but possibly mistakenly incentivizing testing facilities, to >>>> report positive cases. I have no idea why such a policy would be put in >>>> place. >>>> >>>> Whatever, this whole thing has just driven people crazy. >>>> >>>> If you think you are gonna get sick, stay isolated. If your grandmother >>>> is fragile, she should stay isolated. If you are healthy, or just don't >>>> care anymore, do whatever the $%@& you want. >>>> </RANT> >>>> Other than that, it is going to be mighty hot out there today. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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