Not in Virginia. They tie the positive to an id. Can't have 2 with same id -- UTPr0sim 12/11/2020 8:22PM
I have some stories of friends who got Covid and tested positive 3 times -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 11:42AM
Reimbursements higher for COVID patients, esp on ventilator -- TechMomof2 12/11/2020 4:22PM
Right- my wife's 93 YO grandmother passed away and they asked -- bigbadbird 12/11/2020 12:46PM
Hospitals get paid extra if the death is coded Covid is what I have -- Nelsonia Hokie 12/11/2020 2:30PM
You've been told wrong. ** -- 7Hokie1 12/11/2020 3:39PM
Yes and no. The CARES act last spring implemented changes that allow -- vt90 12/11/2020 3:47PM
$108k per bed (link) -- LaneRat 12/11/2020 5:23PM
Agree, but no proof that hospitals are deliberately labeling a lot of -- 7Hokie1 12/11/2020 4:03PM
Hospitals are run by administrators, not doctors -- LaneRat 12/11/2020 5:35PM
I have no clue about that. There have definitely been some eye-openers ... -- vt90 12/11/2020 4:12PM
Nursing homes. ** -- TechMomof2 12/11/2020 4:10PM
Wow ** -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 2:19PM
Who is "they"? ** -- JoesterVT 12/11/2020 1:55PM
I guessing the hospital, or nursing facility ** -- mancunian 12/11/2020 1:59PM
Correct ** -- bigbadbird 12/11/2020 2:13PM
So that begs the question. How often is this happening? -- GSOHokie01 12/11/2020 1:51PM
Several months ago CDC said 6% of the deaths were CAUSED by COVID ... -- vt90 12/11/2020 2:02PM
In the US, 732 per 100,000 people die each normal year, give or take. -- Hokie CPA 12/11/2020 3:19PM
That's already been done for the bulk of this year and the death count -- 133743Hokie 12/11/2020 4:49PM
I think there is a lot of inconsistency with how a death gets counted as -- Tafkam Hokie 12/11/2020 2:48PM
It should be criminal to even ask that, IMO, much less do it ** -- coshokie 12/11/2020 12:52PM
Medicare pays more if it's a COVID diagnosis. ** -- TechMomof2 12/11/2020 12:50PM
Sad but true. ** -- EDGEMAN 12/11/2020 1:04PM
In NC, each positive is counted as a separate case. -- GSOHokie01 12/11/2020 12:25PM
Statisticians Salaries should be going up with all this. Deep dives into -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 2:17PM
But there can also be multiple negatives per person too -- SteveInBaltimore 12/11/2020 12:04PM
Not exactly, that only affects % positive rate. -- RTFC 12/11/2020 12:52PM
But it affects the percentage of positives which is also reported -- SteveInBaltimore 12/11/2020 12:56PM
Exactly what I said in my post title. -- RTFC 12/11/2020 12:58PM
Well, that is something I wasn't really considering, either. -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 12:08PM
The % positive metric ? Yes. The raw number of positives? No. ** -- RTFC 12/11/2020 12:53PM
Yes, I didn't make that distinction. ** -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 2:16PM
That metric has always been suspect. The group being tested is not -- jmanatVT 12/11/2020 12:32PM
But it least it muddies it "in the opposite direction" -- SteveInBaltimore 12/11/2020 12:15PM
That's what positivity rate is for -- Beerman 12/11/2020 12:20PM
I'd love to see how their anti-body tests come back... please report back. -- Vtskier1 12/11/2020 12:01PM
They count as three cases because they don't track tests by SSN or patient -- vt90 12/11/2020 11:54AM
Depends on the state, but yes some would count that as 3 positive tests ** -- HokieForever 12/11/2020 11:53AM
That's why you track hospitalizations and deaths. -- Stork 12/11/2020 11:49AM
Regarding hospitalizations - honest question -- GobblerCE 12/11/2020 2:45PM
Here in the NRV, the script has started to flip... -- JoesterVT 12/11/2020 11:56AM
But isn't that just a neverending loop -- hokieone 12/11/2020 1:41PM
In the present situation, the community did it all by themselves... -- JoesterVT 12/11/2020 1:46PM
Yeah, talking with my family, I was telling them the same thing. ** -- HokieSignGuy 12/11/2020 11:50AM
I don't think anyone has been doing multiple tests in months.... -- JoesterVT 12/11/2020 11:47AM
Guess you haven't been following college football or basketball -- EDGEMAN 12/11/2020 1:03PM
Yeah...but do those tests go into the data set? -- JoesterVT 12/11/2020 1:04PM
I think it depends on the state... -- MP4VT2004 12/11/2020 11:46AM
Fairly useless? Has to be a tiny % of people who test positive multiple -- Brown Water 12/11/2020 12:19PM
Actually it isn't. Many employers require a negative test, and sometimes -- vt90 12/11/2020 12:24PM
Well, as long as people are not dying more than once I guess we're ok. -- Brown Water 12/11/2020 12:41PM
Yeah, the fewer of those the better! ** -- vt90 12/11/2020 12:42PM
We'll take your experienced word for it! ** -- MAHokie69 12/11/2020 2:00PM
Strangely, I only got to vote once. ** -- vt90 12/11/2020 2:03PM
Unless VA has changed the way they count cases, you are correct. ** -- EDGEMAN 12/11/2020 12:07PM
...I went to the doctor... -- chumley 12/11/2020 1:03PM