What will the future of medicine look like as the U.S. adapts to the new pandemic landscape? Here’s what you can expect:
Emergency room volume, another source of revenue for rural hospitals, has plunged. Florida hospital officials say emergency room visits in the state have dropped by almost 50% as patients delay or refuse care because they’re afraid of going to the hospital and getting infected with the virus.
Rural hospitals have long relied on bipartisan support. The Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act and, more recently, the CARES Act, provided some relief to small health care providers. Additionally, the federal government decided this month"Every available dollar possible should go to rural hospitals as it will be a much larger dollar in three to six months," said Jimmy Lewis, CEO of HomeTown Health, which represents rural hospitals in Georgia.
"COVID may serve as the catalyst where there's a recognition that this system was so fragile and in such a state of decay that this is the time where we put our money where our mouth is," he said.Holmes said health care providers were not surprised by the coronavirus pandemic but were unprepared.
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