Leader’s Edge published an article by David Smith, CEO and founder of Third Horizon Strategies, providing a preview of a pending analysis that examines COVID-19’s impact on the country’s hospitals. The analysis found that COVID-19 caused significant financial pressure on hospitals, wiping out $282 billion-$393 billion in assets from losses not fully mitigated by government subsidies or gradual returns to pre-pandemic utilization levels. The analysis also found that some structural factors – Volume-based payment incentives, disjointed government response, etc. – heightened stress.