The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) is the oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States. The organization is committed to improving end-of-life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.

News and Information on Hospice and Palliative Care:

• NHPCO's Facts & Figures on Hospice Care in the U.S. released November 2012
• NHPCO Facts and Figures: Pediatric Palliative Care
• Graphs: growth in patients and providers thru 2011
• What is Hospice and Palliative Care?
• Key Messages
• Hospice Frequently Asked Questions
• Medicare Hospice Benefit
• Hospice: a Historical Perspective
• Hospice video series
• NHPCO Ethical Statements and Position Statements

Information on NHPCO

• About NHPCO
• NHPCO Annual Report 2011

NHPCO Social Networking Directory – follow us and our affiliates

News from NHPCO:

• Ten Facts about Hospice Care You May Not Know (04/03/13)
• AchieveLinks Joins NHPCO’s Affinity Program (04/02/13)
• Don Schumacher Joins Board of National Health Council (03/25/13)
• New Research Validates That Hospice Saves Medicare Dollars (03/04/13)
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Announces New Partner in Affinity Program (02/26/13)
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Promotes Recommendations Released by Choosing Wisely® Campaign (02/25/13)
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Announces New Partner in Affinity Program (02/20/13)
• Sequestration Cuts and the Hospice Community (02/12/13) 
• Lighthouse of Hope Fund (02/11/13)
• NHPCO Geographic Area Representative Update (02/06/13) 
• Research Published in JAMA Raises Concerns about Short Stay Hospice Patients (02/06/13)
• NHPCO Brings 100 Hospice Leaders Together to Explore Future Care Deliver Models (01/31/13) 
• NHPCO Welcomes Board Members for 2013 (01/28/13)  
• Pediatric Concurrent Care Report Emphasizes Need for Collaboration (01/16/13)
• Public Policy Update: Congress Acts on Fiscal Cliff (01/01/13)

Key Press Releases from the past:

• Study from Duke Institute Demonstrates Important Cost Savings of Hospice (November 2007)
• Discussions about EOL Care Reduce Healthcare Costs (March 2009)
• Report in NEJM Shows Patients May Live Longer with Hospice and Palliative Care (August 2010)

Press Release Archive - representative releases of key activities and highlights, by year:

2011 Press Releases  |  2012 Press Releases

Contact NHPCO’s Communications Department:

Jon Radulovic
Vice President, Communications
Ph: 703/837-3139
jradulovic@nhpco.org

More Information
NHPCO offers free resources on a variety of end-of-life issues to people via our Caring Connections Web site and HelpLine. To help people learn more about these issues or to find a hospice, palliative care or other local resources, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization encourages media outlets and other organizations to cite or link to these public resources:

• Caring Connections Web site: www.caringinfo.org – offers detailed consumer-oriented information on end-of-life issues including caregiving, advance care planning, pain, grief, hospice, palliative care and financial issues. Free state-specific advance directives and consumer resources are available to download.
• HelpLine: 800/658-8898– staff available to answer questions, find local end-of-life resources, offer support or send free brochures or advance directives.
• NHPCO's online 'Find a Provider'- provides a free searchable database of member hospices, palliative care providers, coalitions and other resources.
• Brochures and resources: Individual copies of these consumer resources are available free of charge via www.caringinfo.org or by calling the HelpLine.

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