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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Friday, December 17, 2021
Dear John,
In this month's Narrative Matters essay, a genetic counselor uses her
own resources to identify the root cause of her mother's changing
personality.
Narrative Matters:
Genetic Counseling
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In her Narrative Matters essay in the December issue of Health Affairs,
Shivani Nazareth describes her quest to find the genetic underpinnings
of her mother's dementia.
After initial pushback from her mother's doctor when Nazareth
requested genetic testing, Nazareth conducted extensive research and,
armed with her own knowledge as a genetic counselor, convinced the
doctor to go forward with a test. It ultimately revealed a genetic
mutation that results in the slow accumulation of an abnormal protein in
the frontal lobe of the brain-the part that controls personality.
"I was, in fact, relieved to have an answer to a lifetime's worth of
questions," Nazareth writes.
However, payment is a barrier for many who could benefit from genetic
testing. Despite growing interest and advances in genomics and precision
medicine, genetic counselors are not recognized as Medicare providers
and cannot bill for their services under the program, leaving older
adults without private insurance to pay for genetic counseling services
themselves.
Want to listen to authors read their own Narrative Matters essays? Check
out our Narrative Matters podcast
.
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Lori Uscher-Pines and Lucy Schulson
describe how the pandemic-era flexibility that allowed audio-only
telehealth visits
to be reimbursed as telehealth may be inadvertently leading to
substandard care for those it was meant to serve.
Richard Sorian discusses Bob Dole's strategy
for success in pushing through major health system reforms and the
lasting imprint Dole left on Medicare.
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mission will stay the same: Create a space for rigorous, action-oriented
insights related to health policy research, ideas, and current policy
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On today's episode of This Week
,
Rob Lott and Chris Fleming discuss CMS's 2020 national health care
spending data, which was published by Health Affairs this week.
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