Jeff Lagasse
Winning back patient trust is essential to stemming the avoidance of deferred care and pumping life back into volumes.
Even with rebates and discounts, the U.S. consumer pays up to four times the average paid in other high-income nations.
New technologies also benefit providers as they look to retain service line revenues by offering remote care.
Patient satisfaction was high even before the pandemic, and anesthesiologists say 50% of visits could be virtual.
The last time margins sank so deeply into the red was after the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, though today's margins are faring worse.
Meanwhile, more than twice as many clinicians said they prefer former Vice President Joe Biden's healthcare plan to President Trump's.
Passage in the Senate appears unlikely, with the GOP favoring a slimmer, $500 billion package.
In total, hundreds were charged in $6 billion fraud takedown related to telehealth and substance abuse treatment facilities.
The system's dashboard has resulted in a rolling two-week forecast that has closely mirrored caseload to date.
Costs were driven largely by modifiable risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, smoking and poor diet.