On a @ahahospitals press call with @GradyHealth CEO John Haupert, where he's discussing the impact of COVID-19 on his hospital (the largest in the state).

He says Grady is at 105% capacity at the moment, metro Atlanta is at 85%.

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Estimates that COVID has had a -$115 m impact on the @GradyHealth bottom line. $70m of that from a reduction in elective surgeries and ED visits. $45m of that for building up a 90 day supply of PPE at the hospital.

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Says at the start of the pandemic, @GradyHealth saw a 50% reduction in surgeries in one week (!). Up until this week, were close to back to normal, but have had to roll back surgeries because of a lack of inpatient beds.

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Haupert says Grady has also ramped up in-house testing because of delays at private labs and @GaDPH lab. @GradyHealth
up to 1k tests a day and handling testing for other healthcare facilities, they say.

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All this is a plea for more money from Congress to help hospitals keep their doors open as new COVID-19 cases rise across much of the country.

@GradyHealth is looking at at ending the year in the red, without more money, Haupert says.

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Analysis from @ahahospitals estimates 50% of hospitals could end the year in the red w/o more money.

But the tone of the call is "if things don't get worse."

Which, it's anyone's guess if that happens or not.

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