Contributors: Blake Madden and Savanna Dinkel VMG Health has completed its review of healthcare Q1 earnings season, which is particularly interesting given the quarter’s insight into COVID-19’s impact on healthcare payors and providers. In a four-part series over the coming weeks, VMG Health will be summarizing key observations and common themes regarding the following four… Read More

Contributors: Blake Madden, Spencer Coronado, Colin McDermott VMG Health has completed its review of healthcare Q1 earnings season, which is particularly interesting given the quarter’s insight into COVID-19’s impact on healthcare payors and providers. In a four-part series over the coming weeks, VMG Health will be summarizing key observations and common themes regarding the following… Read More

Contributors: Blake Madden, Spencer Coronado, Colin McDermott Shelter-in-place orders and the suspension of elective procedures are impacting healthcare operations across the continuum of care. As healthcare demand dampens, the public health crisis has affected payors and providers in opposite ways. Payors: ‘Historically Low’ Medical Costs With decreased patient demand for healthcare services, payors benefit the… Read More

Written by Caroline Dean and Bartt B. Warner, CVA As the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) continues to spread throughout the United States and globally, patient populations in some facilities have reached unprecedented levels. As a result, staffing needs amongst the nation’s hospitals and emergency rooms are rising in return. Healthcare providers are a limited resource and… Read More

Written by Michael Riskind and Colin Park, CPA/ABV, ASA On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) characterized the Coronavirus Disease (“COVID-19”) as a global pandemic(1). The world had already started to change at that point. Even at the time this article is being written, the scientific community still has many important, unanswered questions,… Read More

Written by Clinton Flume, Kelly Titus and Patrick Speights Mental illness and substance use disorders (SUDs) are behavioral health conditions that affect millions of Americans. Every year, approximately one in five adults in the United States (47 million) experience mental illness. More than one-third of Americans (36%) say that COVID-19 is having a serious impact… Read More

Coronavirus (“COVID-19) has impacted every segment of the healthcare industry, however not necessarily in a uniform fashion. It has been well publicized that “non-essential” care has largely been postponed (through both mandate and consumer behavior) across the country. Entities such as ASCs, diagnostic imaging, orthopedics, etc. have had operations slow materially. Industry observers may initially… Read More

The Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic is likely to impact the operations of businesses in the U.S. long after the economy reopens. For certain types of healthcare provider organizations, the outbreak has resulted in significant business interruptions due to restrictions on elective care. Other healthcare providers, such as dialysis clinics and cancer treatment centers, who provide life-saving… Read More

The defensive measures that the federal and local governments have taken to combat the rapid progression of the Coronavirus Disease (“COVID-19”) in the United States has had a significant impact on diagnostic imaging centers (“Imaging Centers”), along with every sub-sector within the healthcare industry. This article shares VMG Health’s outlook on both short and long-term… Read More

APM Overview CMS introduced the Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model (“APM”) on July 10, 2019 with public commentary ending September 16, 2019. Medicare may publish the final rule at any time and implement it shortly thereafter. Please note, this article is intended to analyze the proposal, but significant modifications in the methodology or exemptions may… Read More