Dire Post-COVID-19 Predictions for the Healthcare Industry
As if that state of the industry weren’t dire enough, now experts are predicting that as a result of COVID-19 and all of the routine exams, checkups, and voluntary surgeries…
Hospitals Receive Emergency Funding In COVID-19 Battle
Many hospitals are struggling due to the ongoing pandemic. They have canceled elective surgeries, are only seeing non-COVID-19 patients through telehealth or other applications, and are attempting to minimize every…
Hospitals in Rural Areas May Still Close Despite Pandemic
One would think that hospitals would have increased numbers of patients during a pandemic. After all, aren’t their services needed? This actually isn’t the case for some hospitals in rural…
CMS and COVID-19: A Timeline
COVID-19 has been in the news since at least December, giving the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, plenty of time to prepare. They’ve taken a number of…
Hospitals Begin Placing Non-Essential Staff Members on Furloughs
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals are trimming costs and reducing potential exposure by placing non-essential staff members on furloughs. Only time will tell whether or not this…
Six Things You Need to Know About Hospitals’ Potential Financial Fallout from COVID-19
With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, there are some clear takeaways on the hospital financial front. These things have been brewing for some time, thanks to financial pressures that…
How Hospital Financial Systems are Responding to COVID-19
A lot has changed in a week. Most of the country is on lock-down with people self-quarantining themselves. Some hospitals and medical systems are overwhelmed with people waiting to be…
Hospital Preparations and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Now that the President has declared a national state of emergency and many states have followed suit by canceling schools and events, it’s safe to say that the COVID-19 pandemic…
Healthcare Industry in Flux With Even More Closures and Bankruptcies
In a pattern that has become routine, and one that seems more dangerous than ever with an approaching pandemic, more hospital systems in the United States have filed for bankruptcy…
What Do Coronavirus and ERISA Recovery Have in Common?
Recent reports of the Coronavirus have American’s in a state of panic. Although the illness hasn’t reached pandemic levels yet, many people – healthcare professionals included – are preparing for…
