Learn laws, improve conversation skills to bill proposed advance care codes

Article Overview

This article explains a proposed Medicare payment policy for advance care planning and outlines practical considerations for clinicians who perform these conversations. It is aimed at physicians and other qualified health professionals in primary care, geriatrics, oncology, internal medicine, hospice, and palliative care, with emphasis on legal requirements, decisional capacity, surrogate decision-making, and communication resources. The piece also notes the organizations and source materials involved in the proposed guidance and highlights areas where operational details were still uncertain at the time of publication.