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A Decade of Virtual Palliative Care Skills Training by CAPC
An article in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management highlights how CAPC has scaled virtual clinical skills training to more than 160,000 clinicians over the past decade.
Feasibility of Using CAPC Training to Build Hospital-Wide Primary Palliative Care Skills
Study shows CAPC-supported hospital-wide training achieved high clinician completion rates and meaningful knowledge gains, demonstrating a scalable approach to strengthening primary palliative care skills across health systems.
CMS Implements Nationwide Hospice and Home Health Agency Enrollment Freeze
CMS has launched a six-month nationwide moratorium on new hospice and home health Medicare enrollments, citing ongoing efforts to prevent fraud, strengthen oversight, and protect Medicare beneficiaries.
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Feasibility of Using CAPC Training to Build Hospital-Wide Primary Palliative Care Skills
Study shows CAPC-supported hospital-wide training achieved high clinician completion rates and meaningful knowledge gains, demonstrating a scalable approach to strengthening primary palliative care skills across health systems.
The Why and How of Developing Palliative Care Program Standards
Proposed minimum standards aim to reduce wide variation in palliative care program structure and delivery, improving consistency, quality, and accountability across settings.
A Decade of Virtual Palliative Care Skills Training by CAPC
An article in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management highlights how CAPC has scaled virtual clinical skills training to more than 160,000 clinicians over the past decade.
CMS Implements Nationwide Hospice and Home Health Agency Enrollment Freeze
CMS has launched a six-month nationwide moratorium on new hospice and home health Medicare enrollments, citing ongoing efforts to prevent fraud, strengthen oversight, and protect Medicare beneficiaries.
Organizations Push for New Fee-for-Service Model to Expand Community-Based Palliative Care
In McKnight’s Home Care, leading palliative care and hospice organizations are urging Medicare to adopt a new fee-for-service model to expand access to community-based palliative care for seriously ill patients at home.
Trust, Disclosure, and Exclusion in Serious Illness Care for Older Gay Men in the Deep South
Serious illness care encounters shape trust and disclosure for older gay men and caregivers in the Deep South, where subtle exclusion, communication gaps, and structural inequities influence how safety and engagement are experienced.
Structured Communication Skills Training Scales Across Cancer Centers to Improve Goal-Concordant Care
A multisite initiative in the Journal of Palliative Medicine shows that structured communication skills training can be scaled across cancer centers, improving clinician confidence and advancing goal-concordant care in oncology.
Top Ten Tips for Palliative Care in Anorexia Nervosa and Eating Disorder Care
Interdisciplinary guide outlining ten practical recommendations to help palliative care clinicians navigate the medical, ethical, and communication challenges of caring for patients with anorexia nervosa and severe eating disorders.
Alzheimer’s Research Program Announces 2026 Funding Opportunities
The FY26 Alzheimer’s Research Program has announced new funding opportunities supporting innovative research in dementia care, diagnosis, and prevention.
Moving the Mindset on Equitable Access to Serious Illness Care
Hospice News article highlights how leaders across serious illness care are working to advance more equitable, patient-centered models of care, including insights from CAPC’s Brittany Chambers on policy reform and expanding access.
Differentiating and Integrating Chaplain and Social Worker Roles in Palliative Care
A new framework uses a Venn diagram to clarify how chaplains and social workers overlap and differ within specialty palliative care teams.
