Palliative Care
National Institutes of Health Offers Funding Opportunities in Palliative Care
The National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health has announced two funding opportunities, both called “Palliative Care in Home and Community Settings,” intended to stimulate research to determine needs and best practices for the integration of palliative care into home and community settings. For both opportunities, open dates for submission start […]
Read MoreBipartisan Group of Senators Pledge to Advance Palliative Care
A bipartisan group of lawmakers have launched a new caucus focusing on the furthering of palliative care. Officially titled the Comprehensive Care Caucus, the group is Co-chaired by Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Barrasso (R-WY), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). In announcing their caucus, the Senators plan to “raise awareness and work towards […]
Read MoreBipartisan Legislation to Grow the Palliative Care Workforce Introduced in Congress
NAHC advocacy effort succeeds Please support this important legislation NOW! It takes only a few seconds On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), a bipartisan reform to grow, improve and sustain the palliative care and hospice […]
Read MoreSenators Promote Palliative Care as NHSC-eligible Primary Care Service
Additional efforts are under way in Congress to help address the growing need for palliative-care trained medical practitioners. The latest legislation – The Provider Training in Palliative Care Act (S. 1921) – is aimed at recognizing palliative care medicine as an eligible primary care service under the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) program. If enacted, […]
Read MoreNASHP Releases Palliative Care Primer Aimed at State Policymakers
In late 2018, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) launched a project funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation designed to explore the role states play in improving access to and quality of palliative care for individuals with serious illnesses. The collaborative has already yielded a number of useful items, including a “resource […]
Read MoreStates Grapple with the Opioid Epidemic and Pain Management
Florida bill would make it easier to prescribe for hospice patients The opioid epidemic claims about 115 lives per day in the United States, a rate that has grown by 4000 percent since 1999. Nearly half of these opioid-related fatalities involve a prescription drug, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In March […]
Read MoreCDC Clarifies Applicability of Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, Excepts End-of-Life and Palliative Care
The Centers for Disease Control has released a letter clarifying that its 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain was not intended to apply to cancer treatment, palliative care, or end of life care. Recent efforts by policymakers to stem the nationwide epidemic of opioid abuse culminated in the enactment of the 2018 SUPPORT […]
Read MoreNAHC and Partners Launch Survey to Assess Interest in Palliative Care Specialty Training and Certification
The survey is available HERE. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center (HPCC) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) have developed the following brief survey for home health and hospice providers to gauge the degree of interest in pursuing palliative specialty training and/or certification in hospice and palliative […]
Read MoreNAHC and Partners Launch Survey to Assess Interest in Palliative Care Specialty Training and Certification
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center (HPCC) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) have developed the following brief survey for home health and hospice providers to gauge the degree of interest in pursuing palliative specialty training and/or certification in hospice and palliative care for […]
Read MoreState Health Policy Center Expands Resources on State Strategies to Address Palliative Care Access
As previously referenced in NAHC Report, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) has established a Resource Hub designed to assist states in advancing the development of palliative care. More recently, NASHP has expanded the site to include two resources for use in this regard: Advancing Palliative Care for Adults with Serious Illness: A […]
Read MoreWhere People Think About End of Life Issues the Most
Americans in the Midwest and Northeast think the most about end of life issues, while westerners appear to be less concerned, according to a new survey from Bestow, Inc., a life insurance company based in Dallas, Texas. Less than three in ten Americans have living wills and less than four in ten have some form […]
Read MoreKey Palliative Care Webinar about Patients Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
A new webinar from the CMS Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office will share strategies for skillful communication, recognition, and response to needs of beneficiaries and their families throughout the course of serious illness, and engagement of palliative care consultants as an added layer of support. The webinar is called Palliative Care for Older Adults Dually Eligible for […]
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