WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: November 19, 2015 Featuring: Kate Lally, MD, FACP, Director of Palliative Care, Care New England; Hospice Medical Director, VNA of Care New England; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University Harriet Warshaw, Executive Director, The Conversation Project Holly Oh, MD, Chief Medical Officer, The Dimock Center Jocelyn Moore, Managing Director, The Glover Park Group On October 30, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that, starting January 1, CMS will reimburse physicians and other practitioners for talking with any Medicare recipient about their health care preferences at the end of life – also known as advance care planning. Caught up in a political maelstrom several years ago, CMS has now caught up with a growing desire of patients and loved ones to express, and have health care respect, their wishes. Talking with a trusted provider, before one is faced with a terminal illness, can be an important part of the process. The goo