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Patients steadily return to in-person primary care as telehealth plateaus
Virtual visits that exploded in recent months are starting to level off and, in some cases, fall as doctor's offices reschedule backlogged patients for more in-person appointments, according to new data from The Commonwealth Fund.
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COVID-19 has upended how Americans obtain healthcare
A new survey by the Alliance of Community Health Plans and the pharmacist lobby AMCP found nearly 40% of respondents plan to delay future care.
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MA, Part D final rule gives more star ratings weight to patient experience
The rule also attempts to let more MA plans comply with network adequacy standards by reducing the percentage of rural beneficiaries that must reside within maximum time and distance areas.
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Trinity Health joins other operators battered by pandemic, details CARES funding
The Michigan-based nonprofit reported surgical volumes alone plummeted 25% in March as significant investment losses contributed to a net loss of more than $880 million for the first nine months of its fiscal year.
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Omada Health snaps up physical therapy startup Physera for $30M
With the deal, Omada adds video access to a national physical therapist network to its lineup of digital services, which includes diabetes prevention and management, hypertension and mental health.
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CIO case study: Understanding Nebraska Medicine's technology backbone, years in the making
The coronavirus tested Nebraska Medicine and University of Nebraska Medical Center's cloud- and mobile-first strategy.
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COVID-19 sinks Advocate Aurora's operating income in Q1
The major nonprofit system was pushed into the red for the quarter due to the pandemic. It has a large presence in the Chicagoland area, a hot spot for the virus, and has discharged more than 3,200 patients who were infected.
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Hospital workforce tracker: COVID-19 spurs layoffs, furloughs
Many hospitals are temporarily or permanently reducing the size of their workforce as they grapple with depleted revenues and the thorny question of when they can return to normal operating capacity.
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April was dismal for US hospitals, with long road ahead, surveys find
Operating margins plummeted 174% last month compared to April 2019 and were down 118% from March of this year as surgeries, ER visits and outpatient appointments declined drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing software released
About two dozen countries and states including Alabama, North Dakota and South Carolina have requested and been given access to the technology, the companies told Healthcare Dive.
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Microsoft launches 1st industry-specific offering in healthcare
Though the service is tailored to providers, Tom McGuinness, the company's corporate VP of healthcare, said expanding to payers, pharma and life sciences is part of the tech giant's near-term plan.
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Labs welcome CMS rate for coronavirus antibody testing
Analysts at William Blair said the roughly $42 rate for common serological tests is higher than expected, which may bode well for antigen testing reimbursement.
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Despite $33M in approvals, FCC has sent just 1 provider CARES telehealth funds
"We expect the number of invoices to increase steadily as more funding continues to be approved," an FCC spokesperson told Healthcare Dive.
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Nonprofit health systems see investments slide as COVID-19 ravages economy
Major systems like CommonSpirit Health and Kaiser Permanente posted losses of more than $1 billion in first quarter reports.
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PAs gain authority during COVID-19 pandemic, but still face layoffs, furloughs
Over the past few months, 21 states have taken action — eight through executive orders — to waive practice requirements for physician assistants. But the financial strain on health systems has also led to job cuts.
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COVID-19 pushes Mayo Clinic's operating income into free fall
Operating income plunged 88% while margin flatlined to 0.9% by the end of the first quarter due to the onset of the pandemic and the near closure of the health system's outpatient business.
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Hospitals, device industry set ground rules for sales reps' return
The guidance expands on advice for resuming elective surgery that a group of medical societies and the American Hospital Association released in April in preparation for reopening healthcare facilities for non-emergency care.
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Knee replacements nearly halted as hospitals braced for COVID-19, data show
Even service lines involving what are often life-threatening illnesses saw large drops, with cardiac care falling 57% and cancer care decreasing 37%, according to an analysis from software company Strata Decision Technology.
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CommonSpirit posts $1.4B loss, says full COVID-19 impact unknown
The biggest proportion of losses were tied to investments, as the nonprofit health system's portfolio dropped in value by nearly $1.1 billion.
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Cigna jumps 52 spots on Fortune 500 off Express Scripts buy
Fortune released its annual rankings based on the 2019 revenue of top-earning U.S. companies on Monday. Forty healthcare companies are in the top 500, about the same as the past few years.
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States brace for 'nearly certain' Medicaid budget shortfalls amid COVID-19
The Kaiser Family Foundation survey comes as the House passed a $3 trillion legislative relief package Friday, which would further bump the federal match rate for Medicaid.
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FDA OKs 1st home COVID-19 test kit for use with multiple labs
Everlywell's emergency use authorization is for self collection and analysis at outside labs. It follows earlier EUAs to LabCorp and Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory for at-home specimens for analysis at their own labs.
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UnitedHealth, Microsoft launch COVID-19 screening app for employers
UnitedHealth will control employees' medical data and manage opt-in and consent requirements for users, the healthcare behemoth said Friday. The app will not provide tracking or contact tracing information.
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Doctor on Demand 1st telehealth vendor to move into Medicare Part B as pandemic expands virtual care
It's a previously untapped market for telehealth made attainable by the Trump administration's March expansion of coverage in traditional fee-for-service Medicare, an action spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 shreds Sutter Health's finances in matter of weeks
The Northern California nonprofit health system lost more than $1 billion in the first quarter due to the pandemic. Future finances could become even grimmer.
