{"id":2278,"date":"2016-03-16T16:18:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T20:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2278"},"modified":"2016-03-16T16:19:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T20:19:31","slug":"doctors-ponder-delicate-talks-as-medicare-pays-for-end-of-life-counsel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2278","title":{"rendered":"Doctors Ponder Delicate Talks As Medicare Pays For End-Of-Life Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By &#8211; Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t want to spend the rest of her days seeing doctors, the 91-year-old woman confessed to Dr. Kevin Newfield as he treated a deep wound on her arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to, but you have to tell me what you do want,\u201d Newfield replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not afraid of dying. I\u2019m afraid of being 106,\u201d she told the surgeon and her daughter, who was in the room with them.<\/p>\n<p>The woman\u2019s spontaneous admission in Newfield\u2019s south Florida office that January day triggered a 20-minute discussion about living wills, hospice and other end-of-life issues, Newfield said.<\/p>\n<p>An orthopedic surgeon who sometimes performs amputations, Newfield is comfortable having those conversations. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/doctors-ponder-delicate-talks-as-medicare-pays-for-end-of-life-counsel\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=27336456&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--quMbYyIXh3YgwBW5O6lkd-dW7jFrz_4X5214SzUBKtTBkAUW7zQqvIAOeiBBvOE0PvLjwpD7Bg9WADBjU6el-RIQJIw&amp;_hsmi=27336456\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-899 \" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-300x156.png\" alt=\"khn-logo1\" width=\"92\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-390x205.png 390w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By &#8211; Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News) She didn\u2019t want to spend the rest of her days seeing doctors, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-care-act-aca","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2280,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278\/revisions\/2280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}