The World Health Organization released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus. These guidelines acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. Though it didn’t confirm that the virus spreads through the air.
The era of virtual care has arrived & telehealth is spreading the change
Life has turned upside down in the past few months. With the outbreak of COVID-19, many things have changed including the position of telehealth in healthcare delivery. CMS restricted Medicare reimbursement to telehealth services that met one of the below three criteria:
Trinity Health decides to cut more staff due to rising costs, faces $2 billion revenue loss
Trinity Health is a Livonia based health system with 93 hospitals in 22 states. It has announced an unspecified number of layoffs, reduced shifts and extended furloughs in the wake of lesser patient volume, rising expenses and a projected $2 billion revenue loss.
CMS issues proposal to continue telehealth flexibilities, in home health proposed rule
According to CMS estimates, Medicare payments to home health agencies in 2021 would increase in the aggregate by 2.6% or $540 million, as per the proposed policies.
Side jobs a tough choice for the next generation of doctors
Students as well as trainees are trying to get a taste of the money they could earn as future doctors by leveraging their academic qualifications. Why wait till they finish medical training to start earning.