While payment reforms occurring over long periods allow hospitals to adapt by changing their underlying cost structure, the rapid evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, characterized by sharp reductions in elective and outpatient revenue, has created unprecedented financial challenges for hospitals. Threats ...
Executives wanted to know why Freeman hasn’t gotten more money from the $187 billion pool of taxpayer money that has helped ease the pandemic-related shocks for hospitals, doctors, and other providers. Freeman stated in a lobbying disclosure that it hadn’t been paid from the latest tranche...
Now, things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for COVID care of the uninsured dries up, creating a potential barrier to timely access. But the virus is not contained, even if it’s better controlled. And safety-net hospitals and clinics are seeing sharply higher costs...
Congress needs to send hospitals more money in the next COVID-19 relief package or they could lose up to 11% of revenue, which is needed to pay for on-going pandemic-related expenses, like getting enough personal protective equipment and paying for staff overtime, hospitals organizations said...
value for money from an agreement that gave private hospitals a guaranteed income stream.1 David Wrigley, deputy chair of BMA Council, said, "Many of these private hospital beds went unfilled, showing there are big questions to be asked about the huge undisclosed amounts of taxpayer money ...
sammyWe already have a cure for poverty; it’s called money. There is no good reason why people should die because they are poor. If Dr. Nabarro is really all that concerned about the world’s poor, then why doesn’t he give up some of his money? What people like Nabarro really wan...
The nation's largest hospital chain, HCA Healthcare, said its hospital-based outpatient surgery totals for last month were down about 70% through late April. In many cases, hospitals that lose those profitable surgeries are gaining COVID-19 patients—and losing money on them. Those patients may...
As covid hospitalizations have continued asteady increase through the summer,hospitals are talking about bringing back masks. AnAnnals of Internal Medicineopinion piece, for example, called for hospitals to consider the health of their high-risk patients and health care workers and create some kind ...
根据“Patients feel lonely and worried, so some hospitals have created ‘Online Wish Wall’ for the public. People are welcome to post their messages there to express their love and care.”可知人们可以在“网上心愿墙”上留言给病人。故选A。 (5)题详解: 细节理解题。根据“The messages have ...
The bank also announced greater flexibility around working patterns for employees. The changes mean the bank will have lower office space requirements, with infrastructure and office hubs “repurposed” to fit new ways of working, Virgin Money said. The adoption of flexible working arrangements will...