My Hospice: Carl’s Story

What My Hospice means is different to each individual and family we serve. For Carl, it meant sharing Christmas with his family and giving them gifts, and his hospice team at ViaQuest made that possible. As Medicare’s first coordinated care model, we must protect the services like those Carl received in hospice through the Medicare…

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My Hospice Ambassador Spotlight: Natalie McNeal

What My Hospice means is different to each individual and family we serve. For My Hospice Ambassadors, like Natalie McNeal, it means acting as a leader in their state to support Medicare’s first coordinated care model and protect the Medicare Hospice Benefit. My Hospice Ambassadors are hospice and palliative care professionals with an interest in advocacy who…

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My Hospice Ambassador Spotlight: Emily Baehr

What My Hospice means is different to each individual and family we serve. For My Hospice Ambassadors, like Emily Baehr, it means acting as a leader in their state to support Medicare’s first coordinated care model and protect the Medicare Hospice Benefit. My Hospice Ambassadors are hospice and palliative care professionals with an interest in advocacy who…

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My Hospice: Cheryl’s Story

What My Hospice means is different to each individual and family we serve. For Cheryl, it meant being able to be there to witness her son’s graduation while receiving hospice care from Care Dimensions. As Medicare’s first coordinated care model, we must protect the services like those Cheryl received in hospice through the Medicare Hospice…

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My Hospice Ambassador Spotlight: Kelly Coons

What My Hospice means is different to each individual and family we serve. For My Hospice Ambassadors, like Kelly Coons, it means acting as a leader in their state to support Medicare’s first coordinated care model and protect the Medicare Hospice Benefit. My Hospice Ambassadors are hospice and palliative care professionals with an interest in advocacy who…

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NHPCO and HAN Share a Message of Sympathy Upon the Death of Representative Elijah Cummings

For Immediate Release: October 17, 2019 (Alexandria, Va) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the Hospice Action Network extend deepest sympathies to the family, friends, colleagues and constituents of Representative Elijah Cummings who died today in Baltimore, at the age of 68. A native and long-time resident of Baltimore, Rep. Cummings was an eight term Congressman representing Maryland’s…

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GET PCHETA TO 290!

We now have 289 cosponsors!! Just one more to go! Thanks to your recent advocacy efforts during Virtual Hill Week and the follow-up efforts of our My Hospice Ambassadors who took to Capitol Hill to reiterate our asks, The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (H.R.647/S.2080) currently has 287 sponsors in the House.…

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My Hospice: Betty’s Story

What My Hospice means is different to each individual and family we serve. For Betty, it means being able to sing along to her favorite tunes with music therapists. As Medicare’s first coordinated care model, we must protect the services like music therapy under the hospice Medicare Hospice Benefit for patients like Betty. At Angelic…

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