Loren Adler on Surprise Ambulance Bills and Beyond

<p>Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Loren Adler from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy on his <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00738?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=A+health+podyssey&amp;utm_campaign=february+2023">recently published paper in Health Affairs</a>, which will appear in the February 2023 issue. He and colleagues examined pricing and billing for ground ambulance transportation with a particular focus on who owns the transportation service.</p><p>The researchers found higher prices and higher potential surprise bills for private sector emergency ground ambulance transportation than for public sector ambulances.<br> <br><a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20230118.512500/full/?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=A+health+podyssey&amp;utm_campaign=event">Join Us for the Considering Health Spending event on February 3</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.pubservice.com/backissue/subbi.aspx?CO=PJ&amp;PC=HR&amp;BI=HRI&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=A+health+podyssey">Order the February 2023 issue of <em>Health Affairs</em></a>.</p><p><em>Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. </em><a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/membership?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=a+health+podyssey&amp;utm_campaign=insider"><em>With your support</em></a><em>, we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcasts free for everyone.</em></p><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/a-health-podyssey">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-health-podyssey/id1533852530">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3tAEbXdlzlcgjLTHfJMYqR">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=576615&amp;refid=stpr">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2EtaGVhbHRoLXBvZHlzc2V5">Google Podcasts</a></p>