Acute Care
Independent physician groups, which include telehealth docs, must now accept a rate that someone else has negotiated, expert says.
The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients has risen nearly 50% in the past week, according to Reuters data.
The ratio of hospitalizations per number of new cases might show a less severe form of the virus, says Dr. Anthony Fauci.
HIMSS21
Deanna Parker of Baptist Health Hardin saw her ER transform itself to respond to the pandemic.
Over 100,000 American lives were lost to overdoses between April 2020 and April of this year, according to CDC data released today.
Emergency regulation pertains to the 76,000 providers which receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.
More than 80% of employees say they would sign up for an all-inclusive direct primary care plan if given the option.
The benefits, both economically and for the patient, have worked so well that hospitals are pursuing the model beyond the pandemic.
Federal regulators should "put guardrails on, but let us continue the good work," says Mayo Clinic's Dr. Michael Maniaci.
For acute care and critical access hospitals, infection control was a significant focus in 2020 as standards were updated.