Healthcare DIVE April 13, 2020
Dive Brief:
- The focus on fighting the novel coronavirus has caused volumes of other types of patients to plummet, according to a new survey of physicians by Piper Sandler. Analysts spoke to 160 physicians across 16 specialties in four states — California, Massachusetts, Washington and New York. About half are in private practice.
- According to the survey, patient volumes are down 65% and will likely remain at that depressed level until the end of this month. They are expected rebound, but slowly, and will still be down as much as 12% during the same time next year.
- At the same time, more than half of patient encounters will be through telemedicine through the foreseeable future. And while that will...
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