The National Academy for State Health Policy is proud to announce the receipt of a new three-year grant beginning fall 2022 from The John A. Hartford Foundation, to expand and further build upon NASHP’s body of work in state serious illness policy.

NASHP will support multiple state teams through convening a multi-year Serious Illness Policy Institute learning collaborative; engage new state leaders on serious illness care by leveraging NASHP related activities and products; and support development of a 50-state Medicaid palliative care benefit cost calculator and tables using state-specific data.

Palliative care, which is specialized care that helps provide individuals relief from the symptoms and stressors of a serious illness, can help support person- centered goals and potentially lower costs through avoiding delivery of unwanted or unnecessary care. States have an opportunity to develop palliative care supports for beneficiaries with high need through developing policy to support individuals with serious illness within Medicaid.

To learn more:

• Check out NASHP’S work to date on palliative care, supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation.
• Sign up for NASHP’S palliative care newsletter