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    Wiki Reporting 99497 or 99498 for Advance Care Planning

    From what I can find Advance Care Planning can be reported with a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit. Medicare states that the billing physician or qualified provider must participate and meaningfully contribute to the provision of the Advance Care planning, in addition to providing a minimum of...
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    • 99497-99498 advance care planning participation provider
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    Wiki Payment For Advance Care Planning - 99497 and 99498

    Has anyone yet received an actual payment for Advance Care Planning - 99497 and 99498? Can you explain what you did if you have received payment. Was a diagnostic code used or does it only require an e/m code? I called Medicare and they said to just document the medical necessity?! I'm not...
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    Wiki Advance Care Planning 99497-99498

    Description for these code state when performed "by physician or other qualified healthcare professional." In our situation, physician talks to patient for about 5 minutes and then sends the patient to the social worker who spends another 45 minutes with them filling out forms. Would this be...
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    Wiki Advanced Care Planning Services - Medicare

    Medicare has approved coverage for Advance Care Planning Services for 2016. I know the codes are 99497 and add on code +99498. Has anyone heard what the RVU's and reimbursement rates are? Looking to maximize our revenue by using ACP codes in addition to our usual code set or using prolonged...
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