Lacktman Comments on Shortcomings of Some Telemedicine Reimbursement Laws
October 17, 2017
Bloomberg BNA Health Care Daily Report
Partner Nathaniel Lacktman was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA Health Care Daily Report article, “Telemedicine Reimbursement Laws Challenge Insurers and Providers Alike,” about well-intentioned but poorly drafted state telemedicine coverage laws.
Lacktman said such laws can suffer from a statutory drafting process that doesn’t always achieve what lawmakers set out to do.
“Lawyers can do to language what a steam table will do to vegetables,” he said, adding that the final versions of such laws are sometimes “so wilted that it simply confuses and frustrates health-care providers because they don’t actually offer meaningful coverage or payment parity.”
Lacktman said such laws can suffer from a statutory drafting process that doesn’t always achieve what lawmakers set out to do.
“Lawyers can do to language what a steam table will do to vegetables,” he said, adding that the final versions of such laws are sometimes “so wilted that it simply confuses and frustrates health-care providers because they don’t actually offer meaningful coverage or payment parity.”
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