Election years can sometimes lead Members of Congress to focus on winning votes at home and avoiding tough votes in the nation’s capital or delaying action until after the election what should be addressed today. Getting major policy changes through Congress can be challenging even in good times, but there may still be opportunities for small but important bipartisan victories…

During the past six months I have been honored to participate as an African American nurse educator for two amazing African American faith based Advance Care Planning Initiatives in North Carolina. (The Community Care Project funded by the Duke Endowment and the North Carolina Licensed to Give Trust Fund Commission and EQUAL Space: A Spiritual and Faith Based Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Education Curriculum…

Coordinated Care Alliance (CCA) is an innovative statewide network of 24 trusted community-based organizations (CBO) in Illinois.

C-TAC member organization Hucu.ai is empowering the Coordinated Care Alliance of Illinois (CCA) to provide seamless care transitions for hundreds of seriously ill patients in Illinois annually.

Food & Friends provides medically tailored meals for those with serious illness. Though shown to improve health outcomes and cost savings, this services is not often financed by Medicare and Medicaid.

A recent study published in the Journal of Social Science and Medicine points to the effectiveness of community-based palliative care (CBPC) in increasing care quality and reducing costs.

The latest policy updates as of May 25, 2022.

How can we build, expand and more sustainably fund CBOs so that more people with serious illness, especially those in marginalized communities, can receive the comprehensive, community-based care they need?

How would a more equitable healthcare approach better address the full range of patient needs and be more responsive to the differences in their environment, finances, culture, and overall well-being?

C-TAC is partnering with the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School to explore the opportunities for states to bring a broad range of palliative care services to seriously ill persons, particularly through changes to their Medicaid programs.

The Evidence Bank is a collection of research studies on common services provided by CBOs that demonstrate outcomes attractive to a health care partner. This collection is updated on a monthly basis.

Theresa Soriano sees a future where patients are front and center with access to to the things that lead to more healthy living.