Grantee Diane E. Meier of Center to Advance Palliative Care Featured in New York Times Article
In a recent New York Times article, Dr. Diane E. Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) and a John A. Hartford grantee, commented on a Medicare proposed plan to reimburse doctors for having end-of-life conversations with patients on whether and how they would want to be "kept alive if they become too sick to speak for themselves." The plan is expected to take effect in Januar 2016 after approval after being open to public comments for 60 days. Such a plan would address a long standing debate prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act on so-called "death panels."
In a recent New York Times article, Dr. Diane E. Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) and a John A. Hartford grantee, commented on a Medicare proposed plan to reimburse doctors for having end-of-life conversations with patients on whether and how they would want to be "kept alive if they become too sick to speak for themselves." The plan is expected to take effect in Januar 2016 after approval after being open to public comments for 60 days. Such a plan would address a long standing debate prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act on so-called "death panels."
According to Dr. Meier, "It’s a huge step forward. I think it’s great news that Medicare, the major payer for health care in the U.S., is now formally recognizing that advance care planning is worthy of its attention and reimbursement and that in fact is a way to restore power and control to patients.”
To read the rest of the article, head over to the New York Times website.
