The current public health emergency ends on April 16, with the federal government giving all indication of the coming end of the PHE, according to Michael P. Strazzella, head of Federal Government Relations at Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney.

It’s been a long pandemic for the U.S. healthcare system, but just as there are signs that the pandemic may be fading, so too is the situation improving for nonprofit hospitals in particular, which are slowly recuperating from the worst effects of COVID-19.