In the News

• Latest Coronavirus Updates for the Healthcare Community (RevCycle)

• Are Hospitals Near Me Ready for Coronavirus? Here Are Nine Different Scenarios (ProPublica). Note: the default is for the Santa Cruz Hospital Referral Region [Dartmouth]. Enter your own area to adjust the charts to show localized data.

• Related: These Places Could Run Out of Hospital Beds as Coronavirus Spreads (NYT)

• Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1 (NEJM)

• Evaluating The ACA’s Delivery System Reforms (Health Affairs)

• Major health care issues teed up in Florida Senate (News4Jax)

• How Well Does Your Nursing Home Fight Infections? Look It Up Here (KHN)

• Rural Health Crisis: Moffat County Loses Obstetrics Care (U.S.News)

• In Elderly Surgical Patients, Look for These Risk Factors for Early Mortality: May affect post-discharge care (MedPage)

• Tests for prostate cancer 'fingerprint' in blood could improve care (UPI/HealthDayNews)

• Kidney injury after hip replacement linked to increased complications (Healio)

• More than 60% of the US' coronavirus deaths are linked to a Washington nursing home. Here's what we know about the outbreak there (MSN)

• FTC sues to block Philadelphia hospital system merger (Axios)

• Inpatient Hospital Time Higher for Older Dialysis Patients (MedPage)

• Hospitals Maintained Margin Performance in 2019 in the Face of Rising Expenses, Says Kaufman Hall Report (Cision)

• Michigan Senate clears Certificate of Need changes (Iosco News Herald)

• Related: Split Michigan Senate OKs changes to regulation of hospitals (Seattlepi)

• Bill passed by W.Va. delegates could make Certificates of Need transferable (TimesWV)

• Florida Lawmakers propose stiffer nursing home inspection requirements but still seek more leeway for regulators (Naples Daily)

• Office of Health Strategy launches guidebook to explain Certificate of Need process (Journal Inquirer); Related: CT CON Guidebook (pdf)

• Housing advocacy group and developer sue Simi Valley over denial of senior community with assisted lving and memory care units (VC Star)

• Recovery, length of stay correlated with mobility, self-care outcomes after hip fracture surgery (Healio)

• Risky business: 4 risk factors that may send residents back to the hospital (Mcknights)

• Washington [state] hospitals ask state to expand behavioral health care access (Spokane Insider)

• Assessing National Trends and Disparities in Ambulatory, Emergency Department, and Inpatient Visits for IBD in the U.S. 2005–2016 (Medscaspe)

• Questioning the Effect of Recent Wage Changes [Medicaid] on NJ Nursing Homes (NJ Spotlight)

• Frequent Inpatient Consults Up Care, Cost but Not Outcomes (Medscape)

• No more 'heads in beds': Outpatient visits outpace inpatient, Deloitte finds (Beckers)

• Related: The gap between inpatient and hospital outpatient revenue narrowed, with outpatient dollars accounting for nearly half of total hospital revenue by 2018, a new report shows (RevCycle)

• Outpatient Visits to Hospitals Decline Year-to-Year for First Time in 35 Years, Affecting Clinical Laboratories and Other In-hospital Services (DarkDaily)

• State grants certificate of need for new psychiatric hospital in West Knoxville (wbir)

• Study: Nursing homes have more hospital admissions, resident diversity since passage of OBRA ‘87 (McKnghts)

• Mercy Hospital Owners Exploring Options To ‘Transition Campus’ In Order To Keep Hospital Viable (MSN/CBS Philly)

• Related: City notified about potential closing of West Philly Mercy Hospital’s inpatient facility (WHYY)

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• U. S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
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Additional Resources:

• John Hopkins ABX Guide: Coronavirus COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)

• Related: Coronavirus COVID-19 Webinar Video for Clinicians| Hopkins Guides

• Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center
• JAMA Sponsored Live Stream Q & A with CDC