Heed Caution: Takeaways From the OIG’s Advance Care Planning Report

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported in November 2022 that many providers are not complying with Medicare’s billing rules for advance care planning services. In large part, the OIG’s findings centered around providers failing to document separately for time spent on advance care planning versus time spent on concurrent services provided during the same patient visit. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske, Andrew Brenton, and Zaina Niles break down the OIG report and what the key takeaways are for hospices.