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Podcast: HIMSSCast
Episode: The financial toll of COVID-19 for health systems with Christopher Kerns
Description: Christopher Kerns, Advisory Board’s Vice President for Executive Insights, joins Jonah and the Healthcare Finance News team, Managing Editor Susan Morse and Associate Editor Jeff Lagasse, for a conversation about what this pandemic means for hospital bottom lines, how they're surviving, and how they should be preparing for a re-opening of elective and nonessential procedures.Articles mentioned in this episode:Hospitals furlough staff, reduce physician salaries waiting for CARES Act fundsHospitals get additional $20 billion infusion of CARES Act fundsU.S. hospitals are suffering financial damage due to COVID-19 pa...