March 23-27: CMS webinars are among a proliferation of online-only events in healthcare finance
A complete listing of healthcare finance-related hearings, conferences, webinars, public forums and deadlines for the week of March 23.
Hospitals scramble for short-term commercial, federal loans in response to coronmavirus
Hospitals are looking for more short-term commercial loans and federal loans to bolster their responses to the coronavirus.
Risk-based contracting in the time of coronavirus
The APM target prices/benchmarks are among the many policy issues beyond paying for surge capacity that CMS, commercial health plans and providers will need to work through in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus leaves hospital financing in flux
Hospital’s long-term financing efforts have been disrupted by the coronavirus driving investors away from such offerings, say advisers.
Hospitals face staffing ‘domino effect’ from the coronavirus outbreak, adviser says
The novel coronavirus and family demands are expected to stress hospital staffing levels in new ways.
A Providence executive offers lessons for U.S. hospitals on coping with the new coronavirus
Keys for hospitals to stay on top of the coronavirus outbreak including developing a communications plan and establishing remote-monitoring capacity.
Hospitals should increase capacity in response to the coronavirus, former HHS secretary says
Hospitals should prepare for an inpatient surge due to the novel coronavirus. Options include moving private rooms back to semiprivate status.
COVID-19 outbreak will negatively impact U.S. hospital finances
The coronavirus outbreak could have a negative impact on hospital finances even with anticipated regulatory and legislative support.
National emergency declared, with hospital provisions included, in response to the coronavirus
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, which will provide a range of funding and policies aimed at boosting hospital responsiveness to the spread of the coronavirus.
With the coronavirus, contingency planning takes on greater importance for healthcare supply chain professionals
A risk management expert with a leading healthcare consultancy says hospital supply chain professionals should monitor deviations and consider how to respond to them.