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Black Communities Face Barriers to Advance Care Planning

Hospice News

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), the California Black Health Network (CBHN) and the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF). The study was funded in part by the U.S.

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Advance Care Planning and Hospice

Hospice Advantage Solutions

Beginning January 2016 two new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for Advance Care Planning (ACP) became effective. Health Care Proxy, Durable power of attorney for healthcare, Living will, and. In fact, Medicare contractors are likely to be watching closely since the codes are new. Examples of Advance Directives.

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