Midweek update

Healthcare Dive reports that health plans, health care providers, and the Chamber of Commerce have sent Congress a joint health care wish list for the fourth COVID-19 relief bill.

Becker’s Hospital Review provides an updated list of state by state peak dates for COVID-19 hospital resources from IMHE. According to the chart virtually all of the State have hit their peak by today.

Health Payer Intelligence discusses Oscar Health’s population health oriented approach to connecting with its plan members during the COVID-19 emergency. On a related note, Fierce Healthcare summarizes the steps that the country’s tech giants, Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet/Google, have taken in response to the COVID-19 emergency.

Employee Benefit News provides useful COVID-19 emergency tips for sponsors and holders of health savings accounts.

MedCity News reports good news on the cancer detection front:

A test designed for early detection of cancers from a blood sample was able to more than double the number of cancers picked up through screening, including seven cancers that currently do not have any standard-of-care screening methods, according to a new study.

The study, sponsored by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Thrive Earlier Detection and carried out by Johns Hopkins University and Geisinger Health, was presented Tuesday at the American Association for Cancer Research’s [virtual] annual meeting.

Bravo.