Anybody got access to this? I'd love to read the original article.
Anybody got access to this? I'd love to read the original article.
CMS rejects request to pay for end-of-life counseling.
Congressional Quarterly (11/5, Subscription Publication) reports that Medicare “has signaled a willingness to consider paying doctors who counsel patients on end-of-life decisions,” but it’s putting the issue on hold for now. In a 2015 payment rule issued last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rejected a request from the American Medical Association to adopt new billing codes for such advance care planning. Yet CMS “offered no specific arguments against this proposal,” a notable departure from the agency’s typical approach to other requests. The article states that administrators “often plainly state that they disagree” with proposals.
CMS rejects request to pay for end-of-life counseling.
Congressional Quarterly (11/5, Subscription Publication) reports that Medicare “has signaled a willingness to consider paying doctors who counsel patients on end-of-life decisions,” but it’s putting the issue on hold for now. In a 2015 payment rule issued last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rejected a request from the American Medical Association to adopt new billing codes for such advance care planning. Yet CMS “offered no specific arguments against this proposal,” a notable departure from the agency’s typical approach to other requests. The article states that administrators “often plainly state that they disagree” with proposals.
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