New at CAPC: June 2021

Here at CAPC, we're constantly creating new products — and updating existing ones — to make sure that you have the best tools and technical assistance to do your job. We're excited to share the below update with you:

Resources for Health Plans
Health plans use this toolkit to develop new programs and benefits for members with serious illness, while simultaneously driving improvements throughout their provider network. The following new tools have been added:

• Performance Guarantees for Network Training
• Pilot to Benefit: Considerations in Adding Home-based Palliative Care Benefits
  

Integrating Palliative Care into Population Management
This toolkit includes a collection of practical tools to identify, risk-stratify, and meet those complex needs. The following new tools have been added:

• Serious Illness Questions for EMR
• Home-Based Palliative Care Program Summaries

Defining and Measuring Quality
This toolkit helps payers, policymakers, and providers understand best practices for delivering quality of care during a serious illness, and to identify certifications that demonstrate adherence to third-party quality standards. The following new tool has been added:

• Home-Based Palliative Care Program Credentialing Recommendations

Designing a Long-Term Care Palliative Care Program Toolkit
This toolkit provides technical assistance to design and operate your long-term care palliative care program. It has been revamped and includes the following new tools:

• Palliative Care Best Practices: A Guide for Long-Term Care and Hospice
• Palliative Care Issue Brief for Special Needs Plans and I-SNPs
• Early Identification and Communications in Long-Term Care
• Recommended CAPC Courses for a PACE Interdisciplinary Team
• Telephonic Palliative Care During COVID-19