https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2020/jun/impact-covid-19-pandemic-outpatient-visits-practices-adapting-new-normal
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2020/pandemic-shock-outpatient-practices-struggle-recover-and-adapt
What could be the expected financial impact on payers (the health insurance industry i.e. Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid) due to the impact of COVID19 on ambulatory care providers? (Discuss all the three payers mentioned in the question)
Based on your response to the previous question, do you think will see a decline or increase in hospital/healthcare system revenue in the near future? Why?
Consider factors that can play a role in outside the scope of the book, too – unemployment, insurance companies’ operations, reimbursements, size of Medicaid population, and moRE
What changes as a result of COVID do you expect to see in the future as a healthcare executive working for one of the provider organizations?