Use of Advance Care Planning Billing Codes in a Retrospective Cohort of Privately Insured Patients

摘要

Monthly patterns of ACP code use. a The number of patients with a billed ACP encounter in each month of 2016. “New” patients have not had a prior billed ACP encounter. “Repeat” patients have had a prior billed ACP encounter. b The number of clinicians billing for an ACP encounter in each month of 2016. “New” clinicians have not previously billed for an ACP encounter. “Repeat” clinicians have previously billed for an ACP encounter.