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Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From
Health Affairs
Dear John,
Health Affairs is accepting applications for the Health Policy Podcast
Fellowship
through March 31. The program is intended for early or mid-early stage
career individuals with an interest in health policy and storytelling.
Listen to the Health Affairs Pathways podcast
to see what the latest cohort of the Health Policy Fellows produced.
Medicare Telestroke Billing
The Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act expanded
Medicare payment for telemedicine consultations for acute stroke, also
known as "telestroke."
In an article in the March 2022 issue of Health Affairs, Andrew Wilcock
and coauthors find that one year after implementation, Medicare billing
for telestroke increased
in urban and rural hospital emergency departments.
However, most hospitals that could have initiated a claim never did so.
The authors say this is partially due to the complexity of the billing
process.
Their findings also suggest that simplified payment rules would help
ensure that expanded reimbursement achieves its intended impact.
This article contributes to the active debate on whether and how
Medicare and other payers should permanently expand coverage of
telemedicine use after the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more telehealth content from Health Affairs, visit our website.
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Elsewhere At Health Affairs
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Katie Keith summarizes recent federal
guidance
relating to the Affordable Care Act, including the status of the
so-called SUNSET rule, new materials for the 2023 plan year, and more.
Elevating Voices: Women's History Month: In the Racism & Health theme
issue of Health Affairs, Tanjala Purnell and coauthors honor Shalon
Irving
, a
champion for health equity whose 2017 death brought national attention
to maternal mortality among Black women in the US.
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Jill Horwitz Questions The Role Of Nonprofit Hospitals
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Jill
Horwitz from UCLA School of Law on the similarities and differences in
hospital behavior based upon ownership.
Listen Here
Daily Digest
Legislation Increased Medicare Telestroke Billing, But Underbilling And
Erroneous Billing Remain Common
Andrew D. Wilcock et al.
ACA Round-Up: SUNSET Rule Delayed, 2023 Materials, RADV, And More
Katie Keith
Honoring Dr. Shalon Irving, A Champion For Health Equity
Tanjala S. Purnell et al.
Jill Horwitz Questions The Role Of Nonprofit Hospitals
Alan Weil and Jill Horwitz
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