Early Utilization Patterns of the New Medicare Procedure Codes for Advance Care Planning

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Jun 1;179(6):829-830. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8615.

Emmanuelle Belanger^{1

2}, Lacey Loomer¹, Joan M Teno³, Susan L Mitchell⁴, Deepak Adhikari², Pedro L Gozalo^{1

2

5}

¹ Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.
⁴ Hebrew Senior Life, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island.

Abstract

This study of Medicare claims analyzes utilization patterns for new Current Procedural Terminology codes for advance care planning visits.