Press Room

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is the nation’s first and largest membership organization for providers and professionals who care for people affected by serious and life-limiting illness.

The organization is committed to improving and advancing the proven integrated, person-centered healthcare model that its members put into practice daily – one that provides patients and their loved ones with comfort, peace, and dignity during life’s most intimate and vulnerable experiences, while also addressing holistic health and the well-being of communities.

NHPCO Press Releases

Hospice and Palliative Care Information:

• • • NHPCO Facts and Figures Report, 2021 edition
    • NHPCO Facts and Figures PowerPoint, 2021 edition
    • NHPCO Facts and Figures: Pediatric Palliative Care
    • What is Hospice and Palliative Care?
    • What is Palliative Care?
    • Hospice Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)
    • Hospice: Leading Interdisciplinary Care, a policy brief from Dobson & DaVanzo
    • NHPCO Position Statements and Ethical Principles
    • Transforming Serious Illness and End of Life Care in America
    • Key Considerations for CMMI on Hospice Benefit Component of VBID
    • Stakeholder Feedback for CMMI on the 2021 Value-Based Insurance Design Model Hospice Benefit Component

Information on NHPCO:

• About NHPCO
• Annual Reports – for NHPCO and its affiliates

Additional Information:

• CaringInfo –  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.
• Find a Hospice – Find a Provider tool provides a free searchable database of member hospices and palliative care providers.

Contact: Jon Radulovic, Communications, 571-412-3973.