Healthcare DIVE January 22, 2021
The pandemic will have lingering effects on the healthcare industry for some time.
A year since COVID-19 hit U.S. shores, the pandemic is still raging as deaths and cases strain hospital resources.
Amid the scrambling, however, providers and payers are adjusting to a new normal likely to continue for months if not beyond. Though arrival of vaccines has prompted hope, the rollout has been slow and fragmented, left up to each state to decide how to disseminate the shots.
And the deadly pandemic has spurred historic job losses and economic upheaval, which will have lingering effects on the health sector for some time.
These factors have accelerated moves to value-based care and led some providers to inquire about...