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POSTED: February 26th, 2021
POSTED IN: EM Pulse - The Official Newsletter of MOCEP, January/February 2021,

As you well know, during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), you, your emergency physician colleagues, and your group practices have not been immune from the economic consequences of reduced volume and income that hospitals and physicians of all types have been facing. Emergency Departments (EDs) across the country have experienced a significant reduction in volume since the pandemic began. Based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ED volumes dropped by around 40 percent in April compared to what they were in April of last year. Comparing 2020 to 2019 for the rest of the year, ED volumes started to pick back up, but the monthly averages were still down roughly 10 percent (if you are interested in seeing more ED-specific, real-time data, ACEP maintains a webpage that includes key statistics using data directly provided by the CDC).

ACEP’s Regs and Eggs blog has additional information on this issue.