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This week's top stories include hospitals scrambling to comply with the requirement to submit data to HHS, while the U.S. government is partnering with Pfizer on a potential COVID-19 vaccine.

World leaders, decision-makers and other thought leaders offer practical insights on responding to the COVID-19 emergency at FutureMed 2020.

Because Sparrow Health already had the infrastructure in place, it was able to quickly make the transition from in-person care to virtual care, says Dr. Michael Zaroukian, VP, CMIO and CTO of the health system.

Dr. Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, senior medical director at HealthEC, says her company is able to identify the top 10% of a client's patients who are at highest risk for a severe outcome due to COVID-19.

Executives spoke about navigating through the pandemic during the Healthcare Financial Management Association Digital Annual Conference.

Westchester Medical Center, hit hard by COVID-19, added strength to its 10-hospital system by creating redundancy in cross-coverage by physicians and specific COVID-19 workflows, claim Corey Scurlock, MD, the health system's medical director, and Wendy Deibert, VP of Clinical Solutions at Caregility.

Nationally, people aged 51 to 60 were charged the most, according to the FAIR Health study.

Carolyn Witte, cofounder and CEO of startup Tia, describes the growing world of "femtech" and what it means to run a startup during the coronavirus pandemic.

Prospective analytics must include business continuity scenarios that can be upended 180 degrees, according to CereCore Vice President Peyman Zand.

When the perceived ability is the same, patients viewed chatbots more positively than human agents.