Advance Care Planning
This revised Product comprises Subregulatory Guidance for Advance Care Planning and its content is based on publically available content within https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/advance-care-planning-advance-directives-health-care,
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-IV/subchapter-G/part-489#subpart-I, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-16/pdf/2015-28005.pdf#page=71, and https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-11-13/pdf/2015-27943.pdf. CMS policy or operation subject matter experts also reviewed/cleared this product. This Product educates providers on the voluntary face-to-face service between a physician or other qualified health care professional and a patient, family member, caregiver, or surrogate to discuss the patient’s health care wishes if they become unable to make their own medical decisions. This Product contains no substantive changes to the previous version dated February 2023.
The previous version of this Product is available to the public and currently posted on the CMS website at
https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/AdvanceCarePlanning.pdf.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: April 08, 2024
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