How COVID-19 warped payer-provider contract negotiations
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought on a year of thanking healthcare workers. In Chicago, residents held nightly light shows thanking their providers. In New York City, people sang in the streets.
A year later, some experts believe health systems may be using their post-COVID-19 publicity glow to pressure insurers into rate increases, pointing to a rash of recent tense negotiations erupting into the public sphere. That s something we need to watch out for the, kind of the afterglow of public support, and then the argument that we lost money, we need to make it up, said Glenn Melnick, a professor of healthcare at the University of Southern California, who conducts research on payer-provider negotiations. I do think that we will see that this year and next.
Friday, 07 May 2021 06:34 PM MYT
BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 A recent survey found that contracting Covid-19 was not what Malaysians worried about most.
While 77 per cent of those surveyed said they were worried about being infected, a whopping 89 per cent were most fearful about losing their jobs.
The 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer also reported that they were also concerned about cyber security (77 per cent), climate change (76 per cent) and losing their personal freedom (71 per cent).
The pandemic also seems to have heightened fears they had pre-pandemic: 65 per cent worry that they will lose their jobs as concerns about the pandemic accelerates the move to automation and more than half of those surveyed (53 per cent) have “witnessed layoffs or reductions in the workforce of the company they work for.”
07 May 2021 / 18:53 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KUALA LUMPUR: The 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer revealed that trust in all Malaysian institutions, including government, business, media, and non-government organisations (NGOs), has increased as a result of assertive action in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a statement, it said Malaysia achieved an average Trust Index score of 66 points (pts), which rose six pts from 2020, and climbed two spots to the seventh position on the Global Trust Index ranking.
The 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer is the firm’s 21st annual trust and credibility survey.
The survey was powered by research firm Edelman Data & Intelligence and consisted of 30-minute online interviews conducted between Oct 19 and Nov 18, 2020.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer indicates that trust in all Malaysian institutions, including government, business, media, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), has increased as a result of assertive action in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a statement on Friday (May 7), Edelman said Malaysia achieved an average Trust Index score of 66 points, six more than last year, and climbed two spots to seventh position on the Global Trust Index ranking.
The 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer is the firm’s 21st annual trust and credibility survey.
The survey was powered by research firm Edelman Data & Intelligence and consisted of 30-minute online interviews conducted between Oct 19 and Nov 18 last year.
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