Will the Coronavirus Help Cement Role of Telemedicine?
“Telehealth has been an important tool to ensure members have continued access to provider services during closures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, but we must…
Category: COVID-19
As pandemic persists, health care heroes beginning to crack under the strain
By Lesley McClurg After five months working shifts at an emergency department in Oakland, Douglas Frey says he’s mentally and physically spent. Most days the…
Florida Chiropractor Spent Virus Aid on Netflix, Gym, DOJ Says
By Jennifer Kay A Florida chiropractor allegedly paid for Netflix, a gym membership, and other personal expenses with the more than $200,000 in small business…
CMS and CDC announce provider reimbursement available for counseling patients to self-isolate at time of COVID-19 testing
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are announcing that payment is available to physicians…
How The Pandemic Casts Physician Burnout in New Light
By Andis Robeznieks The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the national public health problem of physician burnout and weakening patients’ tie to the essential physician care…
INSIGHT: Labs Must Follow Two Kickback Laws During Covid-19
By Melissa L. Jampol Despite rollbacks to Medicare and Medicaid requirements for clinical laboratory services during the Covid-19 pandemic, labs are still targets for prosecution…
10 Ways to Survive the Mental Health Crisis as a Health Care Worker
By Heidi Godman, Contributor ON A RECENT FRIDAY afternoon, while much of the Mount Sinai Health System staff was focusing on patients with COVID-19, the…
Up to 43m Americans could lose health insurance amid pandemic, report says
Prior to pandemic, 160 million got insurance through their job – but up to 7 million are unlikely to find new plans, say researchers By:…
Historic financial decline hits doctors, dentists and hospitals — despite covid-19 — threatening overall economy
By Todd C. Frankel and Tony Romm Even as the coronavirus pandemic draws attention and resources to the nation’s doctors and hospitals, the health-care industry…