The National Pediatric Palliative Care Task Force, an initiative of the National Coalition of Hospice…

On behalf of the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care, we welcome the opportunity…

The Coalition supports the NIH research strategy to advance a multi-institute NIH effort to expand…

April 10, 2023  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contact: Amy Melnick, Executive Director  Amym@nationalcoalitionhpc.org   Our Coalition…

The Coalition submitted comments to the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regarding the…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on February 16,…

The Coalition submitted recommendation to CMS to enhance the PACE program (Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly). The Coalition strongly recommended CMS eliminate the phrase “palliative care, comfort care or end of life care services” phraseology. Combining these words in a single phrase only serves to associate palliative care exclusively with the end of life, which is not accurate. Palliative care is appropriate at any stage of illness, and access should be based on need, not prognosis. The Coalition also supports bolstering patients’ rights as proposed and adding palliative medicine to the list of required specialties.

The Members of the National Coalition of Hospice and Palliative Care have worked together over…

Coalition Submits Letter to Congressional Leaders Re: Opposition to Medicare hospice benefit policy changes that…