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Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 11/2019

31.07.2019 | Concise Research Reports

Use of Advance Care Planning Billing Codes in a Retrospective Cohort of Privately Insured Patients

verfasst von: Deepshikha C. Ashana, MD, MBA, Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE, Meeta P. Kerlin, MD, MSCE, Michael O. Harhay, PhD

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 11/2019

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Although advance care planning (ACP) is a component of high-quality care, only one-third of patients report engaging in ACP.13 On January 1, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched two Current and Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes that allow clinicians to bill for this service.4 This change was intended to financially incentivize clinicians to engage in ACP, though it is uncertain whether the lack of reimbursement was a meaningful barrier previously.5 We sought to describe ACP billing code use among privately insured patients in 2016 and to determine which patient characteristics were associated with use of the codes. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Use of Advance Care Planning Billing Codes in a Retrospective Cohort of Privately Insured Patients
verfasst von
Deepshikha C. Ashana, MD, MBA
Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD
Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE
Meeta P. Kerlin, MD, MSCE
Michael O. Harhay, PhD
Publikationsdatum
31.07.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 11/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05132-1

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