MedPAC report on the furnishing of advance care planning services and the use of advance care planning codes under the Medicare program

(a) Study The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (in this section referred to as the Commission) shall conduct a study on advance care planning under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Such study shall include an analysis of— (1) the furnishing of advance care planning services to Medicare beneficiaries, including— (A) which providers are trained to provide such services; (B) which providers are eligible to provide such services under the Medicare program; (C) the length and frequency of the visits for furnishing such services; and (D) any barriers related to providers furnishing, or beneficiaries being furnished, such services; (2) the use of advance care planning Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to bill for the furnishing of advance care planning services to Medicare beneficiaries, including— (A) circumstances under which codes other than advance care planning CPT codes are used to bill for such services under the Medicare program and why providers do not use advance care planning CPT codes; and (B) any barriers to providers using advance care planning CPT codes to bill for such services under the Medicare program; and (3) such other items determined appropriate by the Commission. (b) Report Not later than June 30, 2027, the Commission 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 study conducted under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Commission determines appropriate.