With the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in the United States climbing and concerns over how hospitals can handle the influx of intensive care patients, hospital groups bristled at calls to end lucrative elective surgeries while some prominent hospitals nevertheless moved ahead with such plans. The federal government’s response to the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to ramp up as more widely available testing is a key focus. The Senate is expected this week to take up a House-passed relief package that includes a 6.2 percentage point hike to the federal Medicaid matching rate, a move approved of by providers.
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