Palliative Care
NAHC/HHFMA Webinar: Home and Community-Based Palliative Care: Past, Present, and Future
Join NAHC/HHFMA and our panel of experts as we explore the current and potential future state of home-and-community based palliative care (HCBPC). We will take a pulse check on the existing palliative care landscape, discuss different models and approaches, and identify emerging policy opportunities and threats to HCBPC’s growth and maturation. Panelists will highlight some important […]
Read MoreHome and Community-Based Palliative Care: Past, Present, and Future
Thursday, September 28, 2023 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Register now Join NAHC/HHFMA and our panel of experts as we explore the current and potential future state of home-and-community based palliative care (HCBPC). We will take a pulse check on the existing palliative care landscape, discuss different models and approaches, and identify emerging policy opportunities […]
Read MoreCongressional Activity Reflects Strong Interest in Palliative Care
A series of bicameral and bipartisan actions in Congress in recent weeks has signalled strong support for the expansion and strengthening of palliative care in the United States. As the population ages and more people live longer with greater disability and disease, policymakers are increasingly motivated to build out the palliative care infrastructure so that […]
Read MoreCongressional Activity Reflects Strong Interest in Palliative Care
A series of bicameral and bipartisan actions in Congress in recent weeks has signalled strong support for the expansion and strengthening of palliative care in the United States. As the population ages and more people live longer with greater disability and disease, policymakers are increasingly motivated to build out the palliative care infrastructure so that […]
Read MoreNew Legislation Would Expand Palliative Care Training for National Health Service Corps Providers
On Wednesday, September 29, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), both members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, announced the introduction of their Provider Training in Palliative Care Act. This bipartisan legislation would allow members of the National Health Service Corps to defer their service for up to a year […]
Read MoreWebinar: Palliative Care Across the Home and Community-Based Continuum
Tuesday, September 21 2:00-3:00PM Eastern Free to NAHC members! REGISTER The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association (HHFMA) will present an important new webinar in their Innovations series, Palliative Care Across the Home and Community-Based Continuum, on Tuesday, September 21, from 2:00PM to 3:00PM Eastern. This […]
Read MoreNAHC Submits Hospice, Palliative Care Recommendations for HCBS
Medicaid coverage of home and community-based services (HCBS) is, by far, the leading source of support for health care in the home for millions of individuals with disabilities and infirmities of all kinds. This important area of health care has received notable focus in recent months, including as part of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” […]
Read MoreKey Webinar: State Policies to Support People with Serious Illness
Also great new resources on the role of states in palliative care The National Academy for State Health Policy (NAHSP) will host an important new webinar on state palliative care efforts on February 22, 2021, at 4:00PM Eastern. Register here. Palliative care can improve outcomes and avoid costly and often unwanted treatments for people with […]
Read MoreNAHC Urges White House, Congressional Action on Palliative Care Priorities for 2021
The National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care, of which the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is a member, recently submitted a comprehensive set of legislative and regulatory recommendations to the Biden Administration and to key leaders of the 117th Congress. The recommendations lay out the policy agenda that the Coalition intends […]
Read MorePublic Comment Sought on Community-based Palliative Care Measures
In September 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded seven organizations new cooperative agreements to partner in developing, improving, updating, or expanding quality measures for Medicare’s Quality Payment Program (QPP). Among these cooperative agreements, authorized under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), was a $5.5 million grant to […]
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