Quality and Safety
AHA urges Trump Administration for release of $100 billion to hospitals as soon as possible.
Various hospital challenges are feeding off each other as three out of four hospitals treat patients with coronavirus symptoms, OIG report says.
The American Hospital Association is urging other options, such as opening up a special enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act.
UnitedHealth Group previously announced $50 million to fight COVID-19 by supporting healthcare workers, seniors and hard-hit communities.
Providers continue to face critical shortages of critical care staff, ventilators, masks and other personal protection equipment.
Dr. John Torous, director of the digital psychiatry division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses the rising need for digital tools including apps to treat mental health under social distancing orders.
Half of U.S. physicians say they have treated a patient with COVID-19 symptoms, while three-quarters report not being able to test easily.
The proposal would fully fund telehealth services and devices for eligible healthcare providers, although some aren't pleased with its exclusion of for-profit hospitals.
Prior authorization requirements have hindered freeing up hospital beds due to delays in getting inpatients to post-acute care.
Cities that adopted early, broad isolation and prevention measures had lower disease and mortality rates during the Spanish flu era.