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- Operating margins will be negative for more hospitals compared to the pre-pandemic period even if vaccine rollout goes smoothly and COVID-19 hospitalizations drop (Health Payer)
- COVID-19 in 2021:Pressure Continues on Hospital Margins (Kaufman Hall for AHA)
- Hospitals and Health Systems Continue to Face Unprecedented Financial Challenges due to COVID-19 (AHA)
- Trends in Use of Low-Value Care in Traditional Fee-for-Service Medicare and Medicare Advantage (JAMA Network)
- Real-world data at UT Southwestern showed that vaccinating healthcare workers led to a significant reduction of COVID-19 cases among employees (Health IT)
- Hinge Health’s State of MSK Report 2021 found that although patient outcomes remained stagnant in the past decade, cost for musculoskeletal care doubled (AJMC)
- The Cost of Transferring Dialysis Care From the Employer-Based Market to Medicare (JAMA Network)
- MACPAC’s Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP offers Congress a number of timely recommendations (MEDPAC)
- FDA launches dashboard to track adverse events linked to COVID-19 products (Beckers)
- WTW survey: Few employers think COVID-19 vaccines should be mandatory for workers (Fierce Health)
- Accuracy Requirements for Cost-effective Suicide Risk Prediction Among Primary Care Patients in the US (JAMA Network)
- How the $1.9T COVID-19 Relief Package Impacts Medicaid, CHIP (HealthPayer)
- AstraZeneca’s EU Vaccine Woes Deepen on Clots (Bloomberg)
- Cigna: Some COVID-19 patients report lingering neurological, heart conditions post-recovery (Fierce Health)
- Hospital Emergency Rooms:
- Emergency Rooms Struggle With Overdose Spike During Pandemic (KUT/NPR)
- Children hospital and emegency room visits in decline (WSMV)
- Study shows high risk of anxiety, burnout in emergency department healthcare workers from COVID-19 (MedXpress)
- Why some rural enrollees in Medicare Advantage are switching to traditional Medicare (MedXpress)
- Forty-nine states have integrated an immunization information system into the EHR, which helps streamline patient immunization data during COVID-19 vaccination distribution (EHR)
- UMN research links early iron deficiency with long-term mental health impacts (Minnesota Daily)
- Researchers are using genomic data to explore precision medicine treatments for patients with prostate cancer (HealthIT)
- Opinion: 2020 devastated US mental health — healing must be a priority (Hill on MSN)
- Strong and sustainable primary healthcare is associated with a lower risk of hospitalization in high risk patients (Nature)
- Take-at-home tests boost colorectal cancer screening tenfold for health center serving minorities (Med Express)
- Oregon ASC Association argues against proposed bill to limit Mergers and Acquisitions (Beckers)
- New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s application to build a 66-bed facility in Scotts Hill North Carolina has been denied by the state (WECT)
- Many Uninsured Adults Have Not Tried to Enroll in Medicaid or Marketplace Coverage: Findings from the September 2020 Coronavirus Tracking Survey (RWJ)
- Payers that consolidate Medicare Advantage plans with lower star ratings into plans with higher star ratings deliver higher quality of care for enrollees who were previously in low-rated plans (HealthPayer)
- Healthcare, once a job-creating dynamo in the U.S. economy, has shed 542,000 jobs since February 2020; 30,000 in January 2021 (Health Leaders)
- EHR Vendor Athenahealth Pays $18M to Settle Kickback Allegations (Medpage)
- BMA (Better Medicare Alliance) study offers recommendations to improve Medicare Advantage beneficiary surveys (Fierce Health)
- 4 Vital Health Issues — Not Tied to Covid — That Congress Addressed in Massive Spending Bill (KHN)
- If this self-sufficient hospital cannot stand alone, can any public hospital survive? (Modern Healthcare)
- Rural hospital closures add at least 20 miles to patient travel, GAO says (Beckers)
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