Physician Billing for Advance Care Planning Among Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries, 2016–2021
Despite an overall increase in the proportion of physicians billing ACP codes from 2016 to 2021, adoption remained low. Efforts are needed to address barriers to ACP and provide goal-concordant care to patients.
Authors
- Nan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2431-5969)
- Xin Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-3300)
- Changchuan Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7392-4154)
- Elizabeth Paulk
- Tianci Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3667-0412)
Institutions
- Texas Christian University (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Permanente Journal
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7812/tpp/24.177
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00