CAPC Policy Commentary

CAPC periodically submits recommendations to policymakers and other key parties on health care system changes to better support people living with serious illness. Review select comment letters and recommendations that represent CAPC’s positions, both independently and with our collaborators.

• Financial Toxicity Position Statement

• Recommendations for Integrating Palliative Care Capabilities and Specialists into Population-Based Models
• Payer and Policymaker Recommendations to Improve Care for Families Facing Serious Illness
• Recommended Quality Measures for Serious Illness Payment Models (the blue table)
• Including Palliative Care in Preventive Care Payment Models and Quality Measures
• Protecting Medicaid Access for Children with Serious Illness
• Establishing Permanent Access to Telehealth
• Comments on CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids