Integrating Advance Care Planning Into Your Medical Practice

Advance care planning conversations help patients consider and document the treatment choices they would make if they could no longer speak for themselves. Such conversations are a routine part of healthcare, but guiding patients through them takes skill and a framework of support.

This 2-hour course outlines how to integrate advance care planning into your daily work, using best practices to improve patient and practice outcomes.

• Learn the process for integrating advance care planning into a medical practice
• Understand the documentation requirements needed to bill for advance care planning under Medicare
• Discover how to develop an education plan specific to both clinical and office staff
• Execute a plan to make advance care planning a routine part of your work

2 continuing education (CE) credits provided through California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) Extended Learning, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

The Doctors Company designates this activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1.0 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Doctors Company and Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care (CSU). The Doctors Company is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians, PAs, nurses, or other health professionals working with seriously ill patients in any care setting

To complete this course and obtain a certificate, you must view the course in its entirety, correctly answer all case studies and quiz/test questions (as appropriate) and complete the evaluation. No refunds are given for self-paced courses. You will have 90 days to access this course from the date of purchase.

The CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care, in partnership with the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, developed this set of modules to provide a detailed exploration of core principles and practices in advance care planning, and deliver billing concepts related to Medicare reimbursement.