JD Supra June 3, 2020
Across the country, health care providers have struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic in the face of declining revenue and increased expenses.
This financial stress has adversely affected almost all entities within the health care delivery system — large and small, urban and rural, high Medicaid and low Medicaid, academic and community-based.
A number of states have now eased restrictions imposed on elective surgeries and procedures. By one account from late April, 30 states had allowed or announced plans to enable elective surgeries to restart under certain circumstances.
As health care providers turn their attention to resuming elective surgeries and procedures, this entry into the “new normal” must be undertaken with care. Leadership and legal counsel will want to assure...