Adm. Brett Giroir, director of the U.S. coronavirus diagnostic testing, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2020. Kevin Dietsch | Reuters A report claiming the Trump administration scrapped plans for a national coronavirus testing strategy to make Democratic governors in some of
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While deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. are mounting rapidly, public health experts are seeing a flicker of good news: The second surge of confirmed cases appears to be leveling off. Scientists aren’t celebrating by any means, warning that the trend is driven by four big, hard-hit places — Arizona, California, Florida and Texas
As states and cities shatter their old coronavirus records due to the current summer resurgence, health care officials and policymakers are once again shining a spotlight on high-risk populations, which include older adults in the community, individuals living in long-term care facilities and the immunocompromised. One vulnerable group, however, is getting overlooked. Between the worsening
President Donald Trump on Thursday continued his push for schools to reopen as fall approaches regardless of the state of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, adding that keeping schools closed “is causing death also.” Trump called on Democrats to work with Republicans to pass the latest coronavirus relief bill, which currently includes $105 billion to help schools
Home health providers that are looking to tap into new revenue streams may turn to more Medicare Part B services moving forward. But these companies need to have a firm understanding of the reimbursement rules in order for their efforts to be fruitful. The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), industry consolidation and the Review Choice Demonstration
Home health providers have experienced varying degrees of disruption to their business models over the past dozen or so years, from the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) to smaller regulatory changes. But at the end of the day, the cost of doing business has gone up. And reimbursement levels don’t reflect that, according to Mark
Advocates of protecting consumers from surprise medical bills using a market-based payment benchmark are pushing to include their fix in the next COVID-19 relief package, but they face significant hurdles. Two key House committees have revived discussions on surprise medical bill fixes, but it’s unclear whether they will be able to reach consensus in time
1. Stock futures fall ahead of Big Tech earnings deluge 2. Historic GDP data ahead The U.S. government is slated to release the first reading of second-quarter GDP at 8:30 a.m. ET Thursday, with economists polled by Dow Jones forecasting an unprecedented 34.7% decline. “This is the largest decline in 70 years of quarterly data,”
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday halted the Trump administration from enacting its controversial rule penalizing legal immigrants for using Medicaid or other public programs. U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels in Manhattan refused to throw out a lawsuit challenging the so-called “public charge” rule and granted an injunction to hold off on
You may not know the name MacKenzie Scott — the author just started going by her new name this week, after all — but you should: She’s one of the richest people on the planet and is emerging as a significant donor in the world of public health. Scott, who went by MacKenzie Bezos while
About five months into the COVID-19 crisis, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) believes that it’s better positioned for the future than it was before COVID-19 landed on U.S. soil. The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and COVID-19 have presented challenges to the Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based company’s home health business, just like almost everyone else’s. But Amedisys bested
Dive Brief: Only a quarter of the 21,200 nurses recently surveyed by National Nurses United, the country’s largest nurses union, think their employers are providing a safe workplace during the pandemic. Concerns over personal protective equipment persist, with 87% of nurses reporting they re-used at least one type of single-use PPE, such as an N95
[The stream is slated to start at 4:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player below at that time.] The scientist who changed the course of the AIDS epidemic is now taking a similar approach to fight Covid-19. Dr. David Ho joins Meg Tirrell on CNBC’s “Healthy Returns: The
Virtual care and digital health tools are soaring in popularity amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A growing number of patients are forgoing face-to-face visits and instead calling, texting, and video chatting with their clinicians. The rapid change could bring clear benefits, including making care more convenient and seamless care and easier to access. But what are
Home-based care providers are at the forefront of the nation’s fight against the coronavirus; yet they still lack the full federal help they need to succeed. Meanwhile, regulatory flexibilities for hospitals and other health care providers are creating newfound competition for home health and home care agencies. “So far, it has been difficult to measure
Health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has spent the past few years adding to its health care services portfolio while aggressively investing around a home-based care strategy. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company has now revealed its latest step in that direction. On Wednesday, Humana announced a wide-ranging strategic partnership with Heal, the in-home primary
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems recorded a profit in the second quarter even as revenues and hospital admissions fell. The 97-hospital investor-owned system reported a net income attributable to shareholders of $70 million on net operating revenues of $2.5 billion, up from a $167 million net loss on net operating revenues of $3.3 billion in
Home health admissions saw a slight decline in volume during the fourth quarter of 2019. Meanwhile, referral trends appear to be holding steady. That’s according to recent data from PlayMaker Health, a post-acute growth platform that serves hundreds of organizations across the country. Specifically, Q4 saw a 2.45% decline in home health admissions, nationally. The
This story is part of a series examining the state of healthcare six months into the public health emergency declared for COVID-19. There’s no end in sight for the country as it grapples with another surge of COVID-19 cases. That’s especially true for nurses seeking the reprieve of their hospitals returning to normal operations sometime
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he still thinks hydroxychloroquine works against Covid-19, despite mounting evidence that the malaria drug is ineffective in treating the virus. Trump was asked by a reporter about a video Trump shared on Twitter that went viral across social media platforms that claimed hydroxychloroquine is “a cure for Covid” and “you don’t need
Home health providers large and small have had to navigate workforce uncertainty, supply shortages, admissions declines and various other challenges over the past several months. All of those obstacles are tied to the coronavirus, which has turned the home health industry upside down in 2020. Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) faced the majority of that
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