Just last month I wrote about how Medicare would begin reimbursing physicians to have voluntary discussions with patients about the patients’ health care wishes, as part of patients’ annual wellness visits with them. But just last week, the administration reversed itself. This provision has now been removed from new Medicare regs that went into effect January 1. According to the Obama administration, the change is because of a procedural error. Specifically, it had not included the advance care … [Read more...] about Medicare Reverses New Policy on Advance Care Planning
