--- title: Relatable Blog | covid-19 description: covid-19 | Relatable streamlines how hospital and ambulatory surgery center (ASC) purchasing managers source, evaluate and contract medical devices. --- # ![RELATABLE](https://blog.relatable.io/hubfs/Relatable_April2019%20/img/logo.png) - [Home](http://www.relatable.io/) [![RELATABLE](https://blog.relatable.io/hubfs/Relatable_April2019%20/img/logo.png)](https://blog.relatable.io/) - [Home](http://www.relatable.io/) [![RELATABLE](https://blog.relatable.io/hubfs/Relatable_April2019%20/img/logo.png)](https://blog.relatable.io/) - [Home](http://www.relatable.io/) # Covid 19 ## A collection of 2 posts [![RELATABLE icon](https://blog.relatable.io/hubfs/Relatable_April2019%20/img/icon_re_gray_2x.png) RELATABLE](https://blog.relatable.io) — Relatable Blog Share this ## [covid-19, Value-Based Reimbursement Is Covid-19 Accelerating Value-Based Reimbursement (VBR) Adoption? Covid-19 negatively impacted healthcare facilities around the country, and CMS altered reimbursement rates for 2021. With margins thinning rapidly, how can facilities maintain anything close to pre-pandemic profitability?](https://blog.relatable.io/is-covid-19-accelerating-value-based-reimbursement-vbr-adoption) - Drake Varn [![Drake Varn](https://blog.relatable.io/hubfs/IMG_4505.jpg)](https://blog.relatable.io/author/drake-varn) 4 min read ## [Medical Devices, Business Intelligence, covid-19 The Impact of COVID-19: Primary Procedures Performed During & After Elective Surgery Mandates](https://blog.relatable.io/covid-19-primary-procedures-performed) [As the COVID-19 virus reached its initial peak confirmed case count in April, several states mandated the reduction of elective surgeries not deemed medical necessities. According to data organized on the [COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and!](https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6)](https://blog.relatable.io/covid-19-primary-procedures-performed) - Josh Emert [![Josh Emert](https://blog.relatable.io/hubfs/Josh%20Headshot.jpg)](https://blog.relatable.io/author/josh-emert) 3 min read [All posts](https://blog.relatable.io/all) — RELATABLE — ### Get the latest updates in your mailbox! [RELATABLE](http://www.relatable.io/) © 2019 [Latest Posts](https://blog.relatable.io)