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The Latest in Critical Care, 3/11/24 (Issue #33)

PulmCCM

About 544,000 99292 codes were billed to CMS in 2021, according to ACCP , reportedly stable at about 10% of the total bills. There was no difference in rate of discharge to hospice (6.8% for likelier hospice discharge after automatic palliative care consultation. At about $100 per , they would be worth ~$54 million in total.

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Friday Reflection 24: I Would Rather Go Back in Time

Sensible Medicine

He had COPD and depended on home oxygen. ” I documented those words in my progress note that day. He had declined hospice care until the end and would not even accept “do not resuscitate” status. I have to think that treatment could have made her life better if not longer. KS was a man in his early 80s.