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End-Of-Life Advice: Advance Care Planning

End-Of-Life Advice: Advance Care Planning

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End-Of-Life Advice: More Than 500,000 Chat On Medicare’s Dime

"In 2016, the first year health care providers were allowed to bill for the service, nearly 575,000 Medicare beneficiaries took part in the conversations (advance care planning sessions), new federal data obtained by Kaiser Health News show."

"Still, only a fraction of eligible Medicare providers — and patients — have used the benefit..."

http://khn.org/news/end-of-life-advice-more-than-500000-chat-on-medicares-dime/