What My Hospice means is different to each individual and family we serve. This month, we asked the #MyHospice community to share stories about how hospice helped with the loss of a loved one. See some of their responses below: “Our hospice facility took care of my husband 10 days and me a year. I…
GREAT NEWS hospice and palliative care advocates! Today, Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) as S.2080. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation is endorsed by a broad coalition of healthcare organizations and has already received 243 cosponsors in the House. If passed, PCHETA…
What My Hospice means is different to each individual and family we serve. This month, we asked the #MyHospice community to share stories about how hospice helped their fathers. See some of their responses below: “My dad’s hospice nurse knew that his final wish was to walk his granddaughter around the block one more time.…
NHPCO is proud to support new legislation that would grow the palliative care workforce by creating incentives and loan forgiveness opportunities through the National Health Services Corp. Read more in a press release by NHPCO below: NHPCO Supports Provider Training in Palliative Care Act For Immediate Release:June 21, 2019 NHPCO Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation…
The HAN Team is delighted to welcome Natasha Cooke and Nicholas Telesco, who will be with us until the end of July. A message from Natasha: Hi! My name is Natasha Cooke and I am the new intern for NHPCO and the Hospice Action Network! I am a student at the University of New Mexico…
What My Hospice means is different to each individual and family we serve. For My Hospice Ambassadors, like Kimberly Ouwehand, 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…
PCHETA! PCHETA! PCHETA! For the past week, The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA/H.R.647) has been the talk of the town in the Nation’s Capital. On June 17th, the HAN team partnered with the Patient Quality of Life Coalition (PQLC) for a day of online action in support of PCHETA. Hospice and…
What My Hospice means is different to each individual and family we serve. For My Hospice Ambassadors, like Honey Goodman, 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…
NHPCO is happy to announce that the Rural Access to Hospice Act has received endorsements from not only 32 State Hospice and Palliative Care Organizations, but also from the National Rural Health Association and the National Association of Rural Health Clinics. Please feel free to use these documents when you communicate with policymakers to show…
In case you missed it – the Rural Access to Hospice Act (RAH) was reintroduced in the House on May 9th by Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI) and Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN) as H.R. 2594! RAH now has bipartisan, bicameral support and if enacted, would ensure that individuals in the final stages of life have access…