New Questions on COVID-19 Funding for Hospitals and Other Providers kff.org/?p=460697

KaufmanHall: "The pandemic completely upended the financial health of the hospital industry in a matter of just 2-3 weeks in March." EBITDA for March 2020 is down 13 pts from March 2019...3 standard deviations from average = 6 pts #covid19insights flashreportmember.kaufmanhall.com/national-hospi…

Guidehouse: "25% of U.S. rural hospitals are at a high risk of closing unless their financial situations improve, according to an analysis of publicly available data (conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic) guidehouse.com/insights/healt… via Guidehouse

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WSJ: Private-equity investors including Cerberus poured around $200 billion into U.S. health-care buyouts in the last decade. wsj.com/articles/as-co… via The Wall Street Journal

A severe flu in 2009 served as a warning of what would happen in a pandemic. Hospitals, manufacturers and the federal government took away the wrong lessons. “We have allowed ourselves to completely lose control over supply.” wsj.com/articles/misca… via The Wall Street Journal

"Cash benchmarking" can help determine when health care and human services can best be added to healthcare | Health Affairs healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

This article details sources of potential funding for ACH (Accountable Communities for Health) | Health Affairs healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

Coronavirus tracked: the latest figures as the pandemic spreads | Free to read ft.com/content/a26fbf… via Financial Times

Remdisivir: the drug failed to help COVID-19 patients in its first randomised clinical trial ft.com/content/162527… via Financial Times

Fauci says second wave is ‘inevitable’: “we could be in for a bad fall and a bad winter” if the right countermeasures aren’t put in place." a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB13l…

Germany could have to bring BACK lockdown: “If we get to a point where each patient is infecting 1.1 people, then by October we will be back at the limits of our health system in terms of intensive-care beds,” said Merkel the-sun.com/news/753568/ge…

D&O liability insurance: "Musk is now potentially on the hook for any successful lawsuits against the company’s directors." ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/04/28/158… via Financial Times

Insurers face biggest-ever losses, warns Lloyd’s chief ft.com/content/325766… via Financial Times

Germany’s R0 coronavirus experiment: Berlin tries to manage a variable no one can measure accurately. wsj.com/articles/germa… via The Wall Street Journal

WFH becomes permanent for 4,000 employees at insurance/financial services giant Nationwide; Columbus Dispatch #covid19insights dispatch.com/business/20200…

P&C insurance/fin services giant Nationwide announces much of WFH will be permanent and will result in closed offices: - Before COVID-19, ~18% or 5,000 WFH - During COVID-19, ~98% or 28,000 WFH - After COVID-19, ~32% or 9,000 will WFH #covid19insights dispatch.com/business/20200…

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Roughly $1.6 billion was due for nonprofit cooperative insurers that were created under the ACA, many of which have already folded wsj.com/articles/major…

Hospitals hope artificial-intelligence technology can ease pressure on doctors facing the pandemic, but some have noticed errors wsj.com/articles/ai-so… via The Wall Street Journal