COVID-19 Scan for Mar 18, 2022
COVID-19 patients may owe thousands for after-hospital careEven when insurance companies waived charges for COVID-19 hospitalizations, 10% of patients still had out-of-pocket costs of $2,000 or more for care that took place in the 6 months after they were released, finds a new study in the American Journal of Managed Care.The same team published a study Feb 14 in JAMA Network Open showing that COVID-19 hospitalizations alone could cost patients, on average, $1,600 to $4,000.University of Michigan at Ann Arbor researchers analyzed medical and pharmacy claims in Optum's Clinformatics Data Mart from privately insured and Medicare Advantage patients hospitalized with COVID-19 from March to June 2020.
They compared the findings with those of pneumonia patients after hospitalization in the same period.Among 7,932 COVID-19 patients, 26.0% were privately insured.
For all patients, estimated median out-of-pocket costs after hospital release was $287 for privately insured patients and $271 for Medicare patients.
Costs exceeded $2,000 for 10.9% and 9.3% of these patients, respectively.Median spending for patients hospitalized with pneumonia was $276 for privately insured patients and $570 for Medicare patients.
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