Stroke care extends from the pre-hospital EMT services through the postdischarge
rehabilitation and clinical follow-up services. It is imperative that a
neurologist is involved in all stages of care and coordination of care in stroke.
To include each phase in the bundled payment, it is critical that those providing
the services are committed to the goals of improved quality and lower costs.
Further, the ability to measure quality metrics and services provided are
necessary. The potential phases include: