{"id":688,"date":"2015-07-08T19:08:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T23:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/?p=688"},"modified":"2015-07-29T10:32:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T14:32:50","slug":"medicare-proposes-paying-for-advance-care-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/medicare-proposes-paying-for-advance-care-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Proposes Paying for Advance Care Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered about all those codes you see on a bill or chart at your healthcare provider\u2019s office?\u00a0 If you\u2019re covered by Medicare\u2014the nation\u2019s largest insurer dedicated exclusively to helping older people with their health expenses\u2014chances are they\u2019re part of a\u00a0payment\u00a0system known as the physician fee schedule<\/strong>. \u00a0Medicare pays eligible providers\u00a0for their\u00a0services based on the codes\u00a0they use\u00a0to bill for the patient visit.<\/p>\n

Each year, experts from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) review, refine, and tweak the types of services included in the physician fee schedule to make it more responsive to patient needs and professional advice. The proposed\u00a0schedule for 2016 was just released this week, and it\u2019s got some important new updates that will benefit older Americans.\u00a0 In particular, CMS is now proposing covering advance care planning (ACP), which would offer patients an important outlet for talking with healthcare providers about their long-term needs and expectations.\u00a0<\/strong> Many people have questions about what ACP is and how it works, and the infographic below from the American Geriatrics Society<\/a> is a helpful guide to the basics when it comes to this important new service.<\/p>\n

\"ACP<\/a><\/p>\n

Interested in learning more or taking action?\u00a0<\/strong> Consider sharing this post or some of the ACP-related resources posted by the Health in Aging Foundation to Twitter (@HealthinAging<\/a>) and Facebook (Facebook.com\/HealthinAging<\/a>).\u00a0 You can also submit a comment of support to CMS<\/a> to let them know you value ACP as part of your care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered about all those codes you see on a bill or chart at your healthcare provider\u2019s office?\u00a0 If you\u2019re covered by Medicare\u2014the nation\u2019s largest insurer dedicated exclusively to helping older people with their health expenses\u2014chances are they\u2019re … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthinaging.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}