Cigna, Oscar Health to offer virtual-first primary care plan
Editor’s Note Cigna and New York City-based Oscar Health will offer a virtual-first primary care plan next year in Georgia and Tennessee for small businesses, the July 22 Becker’s Hospital Review...
View ArticleMedicaid expansion reduces uninsured surgical hospitalizations, financial burden
Editor’s Note This study from Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, finds that Medicaid expansion was associated with a reduction in uninsured surgical hospitalizations. Researchers...
View ArticleWidening of racial, socioeconomic healthcare gap for organ transplant...
Editor’s Note This study led by researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, finds that although COVID-19’s effect on access to liver transplantation has been...
View ArticleAct now to address predicted gaps in anesthesiology coverage
Perioperative services leaders have their hands full with a range of pressing issues, from the return of elective case cancellations to new struggles with staff turnover. However, an even bigger...
View ArticleHow might telehealth alter approaches to surgical patient care?
Telehealth services grew exponentially in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall telehealth utilization for office visits and outpatient care was 78 times higher in April 2020 than in...
View ArticleTrends in ambulatory care during COVID-19
Editor’s Note This study, led by researchers at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, finds that the use of ambulatory care services between March 2020 and February 2021 increased after an initial...
View ArticleSocioeconomic differences in telemedicine use for ambulatory surgical care...
Editor’s Note This study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, finds that Black patients used telemedicine platforms more often than White patients for ambulatory...
View ArticleAssociation of COVID-19 with hospital readmissions
Editor’s Note This study by researchers from New York University School of Medicine finds several factors associated with increased odds of readmission of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. In this...
View ArticleASCs sue over lack of spine surgery reimbursement
Editor’s Note According to the February 2 Becker’s ASC Review, two ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) recently filed lawsuits against insurance payers over reimbursement, or lack thereof, for spinal...
View ArticleHHS says more funding is needed to combat COVID-19
Editor’s Note According to the February 16 Becker’s Hospital Review, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xiaver Becerra said the Biden administration is estimating it will need some $30 billion...
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