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Clinical Care
How to Treat Coronavirus Patients in Post-ICU Care ClinicsThe ICU Survivor Center at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital has treated about 100 COVID-19 patients who survived ICU-level care.
Finance
Pandemic Continues to Strain Hospital Volumes, Margins, Revenues in 2021Year-over-year volumes fell across most metrics as many healthcare consumers continued to avoid or delay care.
Telehealth
Audio-only Telehealth for Low Income Patients Raises Quality, Equity, Reimbursement ConcernsMost telehealth visits at 534 federally qualified health center care venues across California were audio only.
Clinical Care
Study of Telehealth Use and In-Person Visits During Pandemic Provides Insight on Deferred CareHealth systems can use data from the new study to target medical conditions and specialties that had the highest rates...
Revenue Cycle
2021 Hospital Visit Volumes Expected to Stay LowVisits stagnated below pre-COVID-19 levels in the last 25 weeks of 2020 and will likely stay that way throughout 2021.
Finance
High Covid-19 Inpatient Volumes, Spooked Consumers, Stress Provider MarginsThe coronavirus pandemic wreaked bottom line havoc on the nation's healthcare delivery system in 2020 and that trend is expected...
Strategy
Hospital Patient Volumes Had Slow Recovery in NovemberA report from Strata Decision Technology shows a decrease in volumes in hospitals during the month of November, despite a...
Strategy
Dialysis Industry Spends Millions, Emerges as Power Player in California PoliticsMost of the money the industry spent from Jan. 1, 2017, through Nov. 30, 2020, funded the defeat of two...
Clinical Care
Coronavirus: Study Measures Telemedicine Growth and Outpatient Visit ContractionIn the first half of 2020, the total number of telemedicine and in-person outpatient visits decreased 9.1%, raising concern about...
Finance
CMS Final Rules Cut 340B, OPPS as Hospitals CarpThe new final rules did not sit well with providers, who complained that the cuts are coming at a critical...
Strategy
Healthcare Sector Increased by 58,000 Jobs in OctoberThe largest employment gains include an additional 16,000 jobs in hospitals.
Strategy
Nautic Partners Pays $853M to Acquire American Renal AssociatesThe board of directors at ARA unanimously approved the deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter of...