Professional Training: Medicare Coverage of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care

Medicare Coverage of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care

Each year, millions of older Americans make health care decisions regarding the medical care they receive for a serious or terminal illness.  Medicare, as the major health insurance for older Americans, is the primary payer for these medical services.

This training will help you understand Medicare coverage for:

• Advance care planning services:  As of 2016, Medicare pays physicians and other health care providers to speak to their patients about their end of life care preferences.
• End of life care:  Medicare covers a continuum of health care services to provide curative and palliative care.  This training will review the differences between curative and palliative care services.
• Hospice services: the Medicare Part A benefit pays for hospice care for terminally ill Medicare beneficiaries. This workshop will review the distinction between palliative care and Medicare hospice services and the Medicare requirements for hospice care.