--- title: Is a second healthcare catastrophe looming because of COVID-19? description: The coronavirus pandemic is going to trigger a second healthcare crisis image: https://www.logisticare.com/hubfs/COVID19-Second-Crisis-Looming_04-10-2020.jpg --- [![modivcare-new-logo_transparent](https://www.logisticare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/modivcare-new-logo_transparent.png?width=157&height=30&name=modivcare-new-logo_transparent.png "modivcare-new-logo_transparent")](https://www.logisticare.com/) ![Banner Background Image](https://www.logisticare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LogistiCare_January2019%20Theme/Images/Blog-Header.png?width=1720&height=140&name=Blog-Header.png) ## Blog #### 24 million members Strong As the nation’s largest manager of non-emergency medical transportation programs for state governments and managed care organizations, LogistiCare improves care coordination for more than 24 million eligible members and their corresponding providers and hospital networks. ## Is a second healthcare catastrophe looming because of COVID-19? Posted by Modivcare in Health industry, COVID-19 on Apr 10, 2020 10:15:00 AM 0 Comments ![COVID19-Second-Crisis-Looming_04-10-2020](https://www.logisticare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/COVID19-Second-Crisis-Looming_04-10-2020.jpg?width=2400&name=COVID19-Second-Crisis-Looming_04-10-2020.jpg) ## The coronavirus pandemic is going to trigger a second healthcare crisis.   As hospitals prepare to be overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases, non-emergency appointments are being canceled or delayed. But the phrase “non-emergency” is a bit of a misnomer. For patients with mental illness or chronic disease, missing a med check or kidney care appointment, while maybe not an emergency right now, could easily become matters of life or death for the medically vulnerable who postpone appointments and procedures.  That’s not to say that an all-hands-on-deck approach to combating COVID-19 is the wrong strategy—it’s necessary. But the unintended consequence of moving not-urgent care to the sidelines is likely to create an even bigger storm. Telemedicine is a start, but not all specialties are equally equipped to adapt, and inequitable internet and technology access limits viability as an alternative to in-office appointments for a large swath of Americans. LogistiCare President and CEO, Daniel E. Greenleaf discusses the larger implications of the coronavirus response in [*Business Insider*](https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-trigger-second-healthcare-catastrophe-2020-4), reflecting on how the pandemic could trigger a second healthcare crisis.     [>> READ THE BUSINESS INSIDER ARTICLE](https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-trigger-second-healthcare-catastrophe-2020-4) [mailto:?subject=Is%20a%20second%20healthcare%20catastrophe%20looming%20because%20of%20COVID-19?&body=:%20https://www.logisticare.com/blog/is-a-second-healthcare-catastrophe-looming-because-of-covid-19](mailto:?subject=Is%20a%20second%20healthcare%20catastrophe%20looming%20because%20of%20COVID-19?&body=:%20https://www.logisticare.com/blog/is-a-second-healthcare-catastrophe-looming-because-of-covid-19) [ LogistiCare deploying host of relief programs aimed to support transportation partners→](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/logisticare-deploying-host-of-relief-programs-aimed-to-support-transportation-partners) [←COVID-19 & Essential Transportation](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/covid-19-and-essential-transportation) ### Recent Posts [![VIEW NOW](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/4206606/d9d8c280-a709-46e1-a94f-1479c7743101.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/4206606/d9d8c280-a709-46e1-a94f-1479c7743101) ### Archives - [October 2020 (1)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/archive/2020/10) - [September 2020 (5)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/archive/2020/09) - [August 2020 (1)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/archive/2020/08) - [July 2020 (4)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/archive/2020/07) - [June 2020 (5)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/archive/2020/06) - [May 2020 (4)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/archive/2020/05) - [April 2020 (4)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/archive/2020/04) - [March 2020 (5)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/archive/2020/03) - [February 2020 (1)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/archive/2020/02) - [January 2020 (2)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/archive/2020/01) [![View Infographic](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/4206606/26a55119-7444-40c4-b7ae-3e08f9878df8.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/4206606/26a55119-7444-40c4-b7ae-3e08f9878df8) ### Tags - [Blog (58)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/tag/blog) - [Care Coordination (45)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/tag/care-coordination) - [Keeping people healthy and safe (31)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/tag/keeping-people-healthy-and-safe) - [Care Coordination & Logistics (27)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/tag/care-coordination-logistics) - [NEMT industry (26)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/tag/nemt-industry) - [Access to Care (25)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/tag/access-to-care) - [Population Health (25)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/tag/population-health) - [Healthcare logistics (24)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/tag/healthcare-logistics) - [Managing Transportation (23)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/tag/managing-transportation) - [Medicaid Care Coordination (15)](https://www.logisticare.com/blog/tag/medicaid-care-coordination) [![REQUEST A DEMO](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/4206606/82889a1e-4814-4645-866d-5bbfd5bf4906.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/4206606/82889a1e-4814-4645-866d-5bbfd5bf4906) ### GET CONNECTED - [JOIN OUR MAILING LIST](https://www.logisticare.com/blog-newsletter-subscription) - [CONTACT US](https://www.logisticare.com/contact-us/) - - - ![modivcare-new-logo_transparent](https://www.logisticare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/modivcare-new-logo_transparent.png?width=157&height=30&name=modivcare-new-logo_transparent.png)   © 2023 ModivCare. 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