HHS provider outreach

(a) Outreach The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary) shall conduct outreach to physicians and appropriate non-physician practitioners participating under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare payment for advance care planning services furnished to individuals to discuss their health care preferences, identified by Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes 99497 and 99498 (or any successor to such codes). Such outreach shall include a new, comprehensive, one-time education initiative to inform such physicians and practitioners of the addition of such services as a covered benefit under the Medicare program, including the requirements for beneficiary eligibility for such services. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of completion of the outreach described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the outreach conducted under subsection (a). Such report shall include a description of the methods used for such outreach.