Have Physicians Embraced the Use of End-of-Life Billing Codes?

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It’s been about a year since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved payment for voluntary end-of-life counseling as part of its 2016 Medicare physician fee schedule. A recent article in Modern Healthcare suggests that many physicians are using the codes to have important end-of-life planning conversations with patients. The codes (99497 and…

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