CAPC Listening Session Highlights: Perspectives on State Opportunities to Improve Care of the Seriously Ill
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has released Listening Session Highlights, "Perspectives on State Opportunities to Improve Care of the Seriously Ill."
CAPC, in partnership with the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), hosted three conversations with Medicaid-serving organizations in 2021 and 2022 with the goal of hearing from attendees about ideas and opportunities for state policymakers to better support the care of residents living with serious illness and expand access to palliative care.
The 40 participants from 16 states discussed topics that included the ways in which palliative care services are currently provided and paid for, along with the barriers and frustrations therein, the merits of a standalone Medicaid community-based palliative care benefit vs. integration with existing Medicaid programs, the role of non-traditional providers in supporting beneficiaries living with serious illness and policies that could potentially expand palliative care access.
The highlights document details potentially high-impact opportunities that listening session attendees discussed to expand access to quality palliative care for people living with serious illness.
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