The New York Times reported today http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/politics/26death.html?_r=2&hp that as of January 1st 2011 under a new policy, outlined in a Medicare regulation, the government will pay doctors who advise patients on options for end-of-life care, which may include advance directives to forgo aggressive life-sustaining treatment.
This is indeed good news for all family physicians because finally they can paid for a service we all are supposed to offer anyway.
I wonder how soon we can receive more detailed information about the new billing codes and reimbursement.
Bernd
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