Research Objective Recognizing that advance care planning (ACP) supports alignment of end鈥恛f鈥恖ife care with an individual's preferences and is associated with improved patient outcomes, and Medicare initiated billing codes for ACP in 2016. Adoption of the ACP codes during the first year has ...
Previous studies have linked ACP with increased patient and family satisfaction with care, and less aggressive medical management near death. In 2015, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services introduced two Current Procedural Technology (CPT) codes allowing clinicians to bill for ACP based on ...
Use these CPT®codes to bill for ACP4: 99497 Advance care planning, including the first 30 minutes of face-to-face explanation and discussion (when performed) of advance directives such as standard forms. 99498 Each additional 30 minutes. For rate information, please cons...
Reflecting recommendations from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and 65 other partner organizations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that voluntary Advance Care Planning (ACP)—a comprehensive, ongoing, person-centered