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Pass On Newly Clarified Rules For Advance Care Planning Codes To Your Referring Physicians

Published on Fri Jan 15, 2016

You can help your referring physicians figure out how to obtain additional reimbursement for some patients with a new tip from CMS. CMS’s new Advance Care Planning code (99497) went into effect in 2016 (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXIV, No. 40). The code’s descriptor refers to “first 30 minutes face to face.” Physicians have been wondering whether they must perform [...]
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