The second quarter was an important marker for the healthcare industry as it captured the full weight of the COVID-19 pandemic’s drag on hospital operations. Many of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems have now disclosed either their second-quarter or six-month results via filings to bondholders. The results are mixed, but many experienced a drop… Read More »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration has announced approximately $ 3 billion in funding to hospitals working on thin margins which serve a large percentage of vulnerable populations. HHS expects to distribute the $ 3 billion across 215 acute care facilities, bringing the total payments for… Read More »
Healthcare organizations across the United States all face a common dilemma of needing to constantly find ways to improve the health of their patient populations – not only for those patients’ well-being, but also to improve their own financial health. The key is to improve health status without breaking the bank – and that is… Read More »
President Donald Trump signed the $ 2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package into law on Friday, after the House voted to pass it. For hospitals, it means a $ 100 billion influx of cash. But how the money will be able to be used and when it will arrive are questions still being figured out by… Read More »
The research indicates that one possible method for dealing with the epidemic amid a lack of other effective interventions may be multiple “intermittent” social-distancing periods that ease up when cases fall to a certain level and then are reimposed when they rise past a key threshold. The exact numbers, the work showed, depend on whether… Read More »
Janice Ense never actually got to talk to her doctor, or anyone else for that matter. While she was out on Monday, an assistant left Ense a voicemail message announcing that the unfolding COVID-19 crisis had forced the postponement of her kidney cancer surgery. The operation was supposed to take place next Thursday at Toronto’s… Read More »