ACP Documentation and Billing
99497
Providers wrote 471 ACP notes for a total of 313 patients. A total of 34 providers (34/45, 75%) wrote an ACP note in the EHR with a median of 7.5 (IQR 3-15.5) notes per provider. The maximum number of notes written by 1 provider was 68 during the study period. Thirty-two patients had more than 1 ACP note. Patients were more likely to have an ACP note documented by a study provider if they were referred to the study (125/290, 43.0% referred vs 188/2587, 7.3% not referred; Seven providers (7/45, 15%) used ACP billing codes (99497 or 99498) for a total of 24 times during the study period. Only 1 provider used the 99498 billing code during the study. Patients had increased likelihood of having ACP billing by a study provider if the patient was referred to the study (23/290, 7.9% referred vs 4/2587, 0.2% not referred; 