New at CAPC: June 2025

CAPC is constantly creating new products—and updating existing ones—to ensure you have the best tools and technical assistance to do your job. Here's an update about what we've done in June 2025.

The consequences of financial toxicity—a term that captures the physical, material, and financial burdens that result from the high costs of medical care—are staggering, manifesting in medical debt, insufficient assets, low credit scores, and bankruptcy. Financial toxicity can also lead to delayed treatment, skipped medications, or other cost-related coping mechanisms—worsening health outcomes and increasing costs for hospitals and payers alike.

CAPC’s new position statement outlines eight recommendations that can ease hardship for patients and caregivers, while improving financial stability for hospitals.

View the stories of people living with a serious illness and benefiting from palliative care. This new video features Shilekka, a 37-year-old mother of three with Lupus and Scleroderma, also known as Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder.

Updated recommended capabilities and competencies for payers and policymakers to contract with quality programs.