Yogi Berra probably didn’t have COVID-19 on his mind during the 1973 baseball season. The Mets were in last place, but his optimism helped drive them to the division title. Applied to COVID-19, this “Yogi-ism” is decidedly less optimistic.

Intraoperative hypotension arises during general anesthesia with an incidence ranging from 5% to 99%. Continuous infusions of norepinephrine to treat perioperative hypotension are generally administered through a central venous catheter (CVC) and not through a peripheral I.V. line (PIV).

This month, we will hear from Dr. Keya Locke, a close associate of mine here at UF Health-Jacksonville and someone who is now seen frequently on the national stage, speaking and writing about diversity issues and fairness in medicine (and in American society). Dr. Locke is a passionate, heartfelt, and thoughtful expounder on these polarizing, crucially important topics, and I am pleased to have her join us.

At the time of this writing, we’ve already seen the brisk pace of payment change resume with enactment of federal out-of-network billing legislation and increased pushes for both Medicare expansion and strengthening of the Affordable Care Act. In addition, just prior to the pandemic, CMS began foreshadowing a major unexpected transition of Medicare’s MIPS into more complex and multispecialty “MIPS Value Pathways” – a change they now seem committed to making.