WHAIC Data Show Effects of COVID-19 on State Hospitals
Part Three: Reopening of Non-Emergent Care (July 1 – Sept. 30, 2020)
From the WHA The Valued Voice – May 13, 2021
The Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center (WHAIC) has quantified and documented the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Wisconsin’s health care system in a new report.
This week, The Valued Voice focuses on the reopening of non-emergent care following a shutdown ordered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the spring of 2020. As virus spread appeared to slow down and personal protective equipment (PPE) availability began to improve in the summer of 2020, hospitals and health systems began to welcome patients back, although some seemed wary of COVID and hesitant to seek care.
