Review paper
Early Utilization Patterns of the New Medicare Procedure Codes for Advance Care Planning
Abstract
Assessment of First-Year Use of Medicare's Advance Care Planning Billing CodesAdvance care planning (ACP) conversations occur infrequently among patients and their health care professionals, and when they do occur, the context is often a stressful clinical situation. 1,2 Advance care planning conversations that occur too late (or not at all) can result in care that is invasive, expensive, and not aligned with patients' wishes.To encourage health...
Paper Details
Title
Early Utilization Patterns of the New Medicare Procedure Codes for Advance Care Planning
Published Date
Mar 11, 2019
Journal
Volume
179
Issue
6
Pages
829 - 829