Marian Grant Pens New Article on Effect of COVID-19 on Health Care Workers
In order to support people with serious illness during the COVID-19 pandemic, we must support those who care for them.
In a new blog post, written for the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School, C-TAC Senior Regulatory Advisor Marian Grant, DNP, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, RN describes the trauma experienced by health care providers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
From working extra shifts and losing patients more frequently to helping families navigate remote visitation, health care workers have been physically and emotionally exhausted by this crisis.
“This suffering that clinicians have experienced, especially for those in the hardest-hit group — health care providers for people with serious illness — must be addressed,” writes Grant.
In her post, she offers specific policy changes that could help ease the burden on our health care workforce and offer much-needed relief for providers. For more information, click on the button below to read about these policy changes on the Petrie-Flom Center website.
C-TAC is pleased to see that Congress plans to temporarily address the need to extend the Medicare rules that allow beneficiaries to access virtual care from their homes during the pandemic public health emergency (PHE).
In 2021, C-TAC has made inroads among Congressional leaders and leaders at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in an effort to achieve our 2030 Moonshot goal of ensuring 12 million people living with serious illness have a high quality of life.
“How Federal and State Policies and Innovations are Reshaping the Advance Care Planning Landscape” featured Nina Kohn, Solomon Center Distinguished Scholar in Elder Law at Yale Law School and Anna Gosline, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness.