As we continue the conversation around Advance Care Planning - it is important to educate your patients on the importance of these conversations.

People have the right to make their own decisions regarding their healthcare. In instances where they might be incapable of making these choices, advance directives offer a valuable means to effectively convey their treatment preferences.

Advance Care Planning is an important conversation to have with your patient. Ideally, providers complete an Advance Care Planning discussion during the patient’s Medicare Annual Wellness Visit.

More than 90 percent of Americans believe it is important to discuss the treatment and palliative options they would choose to pursue if they were to become incapacitated by medical issues in the future, according to The Conversation Project’s 2018 National Survey.