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Hospital volumes start to fall again, even as COVID-19 soars
There was a much bigger crash in admissions, observation visits, and ED visits last spring than in November.
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New residency matching sets record, says NRMP
The MSMP offered 5,734 positions this year, and 5,208 (90.8%) were successfully filled.
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CMS launches hospital-at-home program to free up hospital capacity
The agency will be giving more flexibility to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to provide hospital-level care.
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AMA takes on vaccine misinformation, physician vaccines, racism
The AMA House of Delegates recently issued multiple new policies on controversial topics that many clinicians face on a regular basis.
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‘Hospital at home’ increases COVID capacity in large study
Atrium Health developed a “hospital at home” program for COVID patients and brought it online in just 2 weeks.
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AMA reports a crash in physician revenues, visits over summer
A third of practices reported a revenue drop of 25%-49%; 15% said their volume had fallen by 50%-74%, and 4% saw a decrease of 75% or more.
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Chronic, preventive care fell as telemedicine soared during COVID-19
The use of telemedicine in the first half of 2020 varied by geographical region, the authors of the study found.
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Trump signs Medicare loan relief bill delaying repayments
It includes provisions to delay repayment by physicians of pandemic-related Medicare loans and to reduce the loans’ interest rate.
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Physician recruitment drops by 30% because of pandemic
“Physicians now may have to compete to secure practice opportunities that meet their needs,” said authors in a Merritt Hawkins report.
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Primary care practices struggle to survive despite visit rebound
The number of office visits occurring are still well below the baseline.
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AMA asks HHS for ‘immediate’ aid to ease clinicians’ COVID-19 ‘financial peril’
The AMA and 137 other medical groups outlined a methodology for the federal government to provide payments equal to roughly 1 month’s worth of...
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CMS loosens clinician scope-of-practice, telehealth rules for COVID-19 crisis
In an April 9 announcement, the agency said it will temporarily allow physicians to provide telehealth services across state lines and also...