JAHF Grantee C-TAC Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan, Bicameral "Patient Choice and Quality Care A
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) applauds the introduction of the Patient Choice and Quality Care of Act of 2017 (PCQCA).
This bipartisan, bicameral legislation will help to ensure that individuals with advanced illness and their families receive high-quality, comprehensive advanced illness care that is consistent with their goals, values, and wishes. Currently, individuals with advanced illness and their families face a daunting challenge navigating our healthcare system to receive comprehensive care.
The PCQCA takes an important step forward to address these issues: it includes provisions to test advanced illness care coordination services, remove cost barriers hampering consumer access to voluntary advanced care planning services through Medicare, develop important quality metrics to assess advanced illness care services, increase public awareness of advance care planning, and support studies to help develop enhanced standards of care.
To learn more about C-TAC, click here.
To read a summary of the Bill, click here.
