Hospice News September 15, 2021
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has rolled out a publicly accessible database that tracks state policies on palliative care and related services. Development of the database comes at a time when public policy is evolving to facilitate the rising demand for serious illness care.
Developed in concert with the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, the Palliative Care Policy GPS (or GPS) database tracks the movement of relevant legislation and regulation across the 50 states, as well as U.S. territories, the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the Veterans Administration (VA).
The database is also designed to encourage policy innovation that would reduce health care disparities, and support research and development in the...