The Gist Healthcare Podcast

Americans are delaying emergent medical care. Public health experts say COVID-19 testing needs to be one part of a strategy to reopen the country. And the Supreme Court ruled the government owes insurers $12 billion it had promised.

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Dr. David Carsten talks about how COVID-19 is impacting dentistry and upending the live-patient licensure requirement, which is now being transitioned to an exam.

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The head of the nation's vaccine development agency says he was removed for pushing back on a treatment the president supported. Doctors are concerned about the connection between COVID-19 and blood clots. And governors develop a detailed roadmap for reopening states.

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As hospitals gear up to bring elective procedures back the question is whether patients be ready. The coronavirus may have a resurgence in the fall, just as flu season starts. And hospitals in COVID hotspots will get federal aid.

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Nurses are protesting unsafe working conditions. Envision Healthcare is reportedly considering filing for bankruptcy. And HCA Healthcare reports big drops in inpatient and outpatient surgeries.

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Hospitals get the green light to start bringing back elective surgeries with a few conditions. Supplies, accuracy, and availability are still hampering widespread testing efforts. And congress nears a fourth coronavirus aid deal.

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Dr. Charles Dennis, Chief Medical Officer at the Carle Foundation discusses how engineers and medical professionals at the Urbana, IL-based health system are working together to develop medical equipment for COVID-19 patients. 

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President Trump says as early as today states that meet requirements can start to reopen. There are now reports that COVID-19 affecting patients' kidneys. And the healthcare sector lost more than 40,000 jobs in March.

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President Trump cuts funding to the World Health Organization. Harvard researchers say some form of social distancing could continue for two more years. And insurer UnitedHealth Group beat earnings estimates in the first quarter.

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Hospitals say federal emergency aid isn’t being distributed based on need. Healthcare workers treating coronavirus in India are getting attacked. And a Blue Shield of California company acquires a large physician group.

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