Medicare to FINALLY Cover Advance Care Planning?

The federal government may finally better reimburse doctors for talking to Medicare patients and their families about “advance care planning.  (I have carefully reviewed the history of expanded Medicare coverage here.)



The proposal is headed toward reconsideration.   The American Medical Association soon will issue recommendations on what doctors should be paid for advance care planning. Every year, the AMA makes reimbursement recommendations on a broad range of procedures and services to CMS. While CMS and private insurers don’t have to follow AMA’s recommendations, they typically do.