Support the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act S. 2243

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Despite the obvious need, it is predicted that over the next 20 years, while the demand for palliative care will grow by more than 20 percent, the palliative physician workforce will grow by only 1 percent. This falls far short of what we will need. If we are to deliver on the promise of a truly person-centered health care system as our country ages and more people live with more complex conditions, it is clear that we need to bolster the skills and ranks of the serious illness workforce.

The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) (S. 2243) would make transformative investments in this critical workforce by funding new programs and initiatives to increase specialty hospice and palliative knowledge and competencies across the health care system. PCHETA has been introduced in past congresses, and has garnered major bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. The legislation introduced in the 118th Congress, like previous versions, would:

Create "Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers", to improve the interdisciplinary team-based training of health professionals in palliative care, develop and disseminate tools relating to palliative care, and support the training and retraining of faculty at accredited medical schools, nursing schools, social work schools, and other programs (including physician assistant education programs)
Provide grants to schools of medicine and nursing to support faculty and curricula development in hospice and palliative care topics
Require a national public education campaign on hospice, palliative care, and other issues realted to living with a serious illness
Direct the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand and intensify its palliative care research efforts.

Providers and faculty working in home health and hospice settings would be eligble for the educational support PCHETA would provide, and the legislation allows for training to take place in home and community-based locations.

We need Congress to finally get PCHETA over the finish line! Please reach out ot your elected officials and ask them to co-sponsor this critical legislation!

PCHETA FACT SHEET

Ask your Senators to support the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act S. 2243

Subject:

Support the Palliative and Hospice Education and Training Act S. 4260

Dear Official,

I am writing to request your support of The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) (S. 2243)

PCHETA would make transformative investments in this critical workforce by funding new programs and initiatives to increase specialty hospice and palliative knowledge and competencies across the health care system. PCHETA has been introduced in past congresses, and has garnered major bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. The legislation introduced in the 118th Congress, like previous versions, would:

--Create "Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers", to improve the interdisciplinary team-based training of health professionals in palliative care, develop and disseminate tools relating to palliative care, and support the training and retraining of faculty
--Provide grants to schools of medicine and nursing to support faculty and curricula development in hospice and palliative care topics
-Require a national public education campaign on hospice, palliative care, and other issues related to living with a serious illness
--Direct the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand and intensify its palliative care research efforts.

We need PCHETA to finally pass this year. The huge gaps in the hospice and palliative care workforce mean more and more patients and their families will suffer unnecessarily with the pain and stress of a serious illness.
 
I am counting on you for your support of this vital legislation. Thank you.

Regards, Your Name

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On behalf of the entire National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) team, Thank you for your support of S. 4260

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