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title: Navigating the Medical Necessity of COVID-19 Inpatient Care
description: AllMed’s Medical Director, Dr. David Spiro, led a 30-min interactive discussion with Dr. Michael Martin and Dr. Joanne Getsy, on the medical necessity of inpatient care for COVID-19 patients. This webinar used a real patient case to examine this timely issue to help payers and providers make informed, evidence-based decisions. During this webinar, we covered:…
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# [Navigating the Medical Necessity of COVID-19 Inpatient Care](https://allmedmd.com/blog/webinars/medical-necessity-of-covid-19-inpatient-care)

 Written by [Admin](https://allmedmd.com/blog/author/admin) | Jul 8, 2020 11:02:18 AM

AllMed’s Medical Director, Dr. David Spiro, led a 30-min interactive discussion with Dr. Michael Martin and Dr. Joanne Getsy, on the medical necessity of inpatient care for COVID-19 patients. This webinar used a real patient case to examine this timely issue to help payers and providers make informed, evidence-based decisions.

During this webinar, we covered:

• Current CDC guidelines for treating patients with COVID-19  
• A recent IRR quality study to highlight considerations  
• Discussion of what we’ve learned over the last several months

Download webinar [presentation](https://go.allmedmd.com/l/14912/2020-07-07/8gd24g/14912/227295/COVID_19_Inpatient_Care_Webinar_Presentation_FINAL.pdf), [position paper](https://go.allmedmd.com/l/14912/2020-07-07/8gd24j/14912/227297/AllMed_Position_Brief_COVID19_Inpatient_Care.pdf), and [questions & answers](https://go.allmedmd.com/l/14912/2020-07-08/8gd3zb/14912/227367/AllMed_COVID19_Inpatient_Care_Webinar_QnA.pdf).

 

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