News
Hospitalists play key role in advance care planning
June 2, 2021
It’s important to distinguish advance care planning from advance directives.
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News
Advance care planning codes not being used
March 14, 2019
Few physicians are taking advantage of Medicare payment codes that reimburse them for discussing end-of-life planning with patients.
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News
Opportunities missed for advance care planning for elderly ICU patients
February 26, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Most ICU patients older than age 65 years had no documented advance care planning.
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Advance care planning benefit presents challenges
October 12, 2017
Some are having success using new Medicare billing codes, while other doctors say barriers are preventing usage.
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Opinion
Everything We Say and Do: Discussing advance care planning
- Mark A. Rudolph, MD, SFHM
March 31, 2017
Every health care encounter is an opportunity to better identify and document patients’ wishes for their care.
News
New Medicare Rule Will Reimburse Physicians for Advance Care Planning
- Nancy K. Zeitoun, MD, FHM
November 5, 2015
Hospitalists care for patients with the most serious, chronic, and complex illnesses. As a result, they are often faced with the daunting task of counseling their patients to help them clearly define their end-of-life wishes.
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Hospitalists Support Medicare’s Plan to Reimburse Advance Care Planning
October 6, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11434" align="alignright" width="295"] SHM has joined 65 medical specialty and professional societies in signing a letter to HHS asking for end-of-life care codes to be formalized in CY 2016.Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption]
On July 8, following on the heels of the
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News
Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning Conversations Needed Between Patients, Hospitalists
September 9, 2015
Editor’s note: In July, SHM board member Howard Epstein supported the new CMS proposal to pay for advance care planning, calling it a “procedure” for hospitalists. Below are excerpts from his blog post.
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Reimbursement of Advance Care Planning by Medicare Has Support of Hospitalists
February 2, 2015
On Oct. 31, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule.
Article
Coding Corner: Talk the Talk, Bill the Bill: Navigating Advance Care Discussion Billing
- Arunab Mehta, MD, MEd, FHM
January 1, 2025
A 75-year-old woman with a previous medical history of high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, stage 4 chronic kidney disease, and lung cancer was admitted to the hospital with chest pain and...