C-TAC, the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State (HPCANYS), C-TAC Innovations, and TFA Analytics recently launched a project to improve access to high-quality care for people with serious illness while also improving health equity for the medically underserved, low income, and minority populations in New York State. The project includes developing a comprehensive set of payment and policy recommendations to address the needs of adults, children, and their family caregivers facing serious illness by expanding access to palliative care services.
The project has three primary goals: 1) to expand access to interdisciplinary community-based palliative care services, 2) to improve the likelihood of sustaining caregivers throughout the course of their loved one’s illness, and 3) to alleviate the barriers preventing pediatric palliative care providers from delivering care to most eligible children in the state covered by Medicaid.
This initiative is closely aligned with the New York State Department of Health, the New York State Office for the Aging, the State Master Plan for Aging and with the activities of the National Academy for State Health Policy Serious Illness Institute. This project is funded by a group of innovative New York funders dedicated to improving the lives of people with serious illness: The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, and The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation.
This project is led by a diverse group of stakeholders from across the New York healthcare landscape, coming together to form a statewide advisory committee focused on the needs of people with serious illness, including representatives from LeadingAge New York, AARP, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Healthcare Association of New York State, and several other leaders.
A multi-sector group of stakeholders, including patients and caregivers, will be engaged to inform and provide feedback necessary to develop the recommendations through interviews, focus groups, and a statewide Palliative Care Symposium, to be held in Albany, New York on May 22, 2024, and is open to the public.
