Like most in the health care sector, Encompass Health Corporation (NYSE: EHC) took a hit to its business in March as the COVID-19 outbreak intensified. Usually bullish on its near-term home health and hospice projections, the Birmingham, Alabama-based company is now more focused on getting back to a sense of normalcy. Encompass Health leadership detailed its internal struggles with the COVID-19 virus during a Q1 earnings call Wednesday. Those struggles have included issues with acquiring personal protective equipment (PPE), handling relief money from the government and deciding whether to make staffing changes — all while dealing with the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) at the same time. “The effects of PDGM have been greatly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Encompass Health CFO Doug Coltharp said on the call.
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