Improving End-of-Life Care: Advance Planning, Telehealth Access, and Provider Training.
This Act aims to enhance the quality of end-of-life care by boosting public awareness of advance care planning (living wills, power of attorney). It mandates a national education campaign and improves training for healthcare providers to better assist patients in making critical medical decisions. Furthermore, it permanently expands the use of telehealth under Medicare for care planning and hospice recertification.
Key points
A national public education campaign (minimum 5 years) will inform citizens about patient rights and the importance of advance directives.
Healthcare providers will receive new training and resources to improve discussions about palliative care, hospice options, and end-of-life choices with patients.
Medicare beneficiaries gain permanent access to advance care planning services via telehealth, removing geographic restrictions.
Studies are initiated to explore creating a uniform, national advance directive form recognized across all states, improving document portability.
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