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Integrating Health Care and Social Services for People with Serious Illness: A Workshop

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In an effort to better understand and facilitate discussions about the challenges and opportunities related to integrating health care and social services for people with serious illness, the Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness held a full-day public workshop, which featured a broad range of experts and stakeholders including researchers, policy analysts, patient and family caregiving advocates, and representatives of federal agencies.

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Description

An ad hoc committee will plan and host a one-day workshop to examine issues related to the integration of health care and social services for people with serious illness. The workshop will feature invited presentations and panel discussions on topics that may include:

  • the range of health care and social services (e.g., medical/dental, psychosocial/spiritual, nutrition, transportation, housing, home care, caregiver assessment and training) necessary to improve care for those with serious illness
  • the strengths, limitations, and impact of existing models of integrated services delivery (e.g., Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly [PACE], Special Needs Plans [SNPs]), the Bridge Model, and novel, innovative approaches to community-based integrated care programs
  • the gaps in and barriers to the delivery of integrated services
  • potential use of blended/braided financing approaches
  • the role of family caregivers in providing social supports and services, and caregiver needs (e.g., emotional, financial, training, respite care)
  • gaps in research and evidence to support potential policy changes to advance the integration of health care and social services delivery

The committee will develop the agenda for the workshop, select speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

Collaborators

Sponsors

Aetna (different from the Aetna Foundation)

Altarum Institute

American Academy Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine

American Cancer Society

American Geriatrics Society

Anthem

Ascension Health

Association of Professional Chaplains

Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Bristol Myers Squibb

California state university institute for palliative care

Cambia Health Solutions

Cedars-Sinai Health System

Center to Advance Palliative Care

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Coalition to Transform Advanced Care

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

Federation of American Hospitals

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

Kaiser Permanente

National Academy of Medicine

National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

National Palliative Care Research Center

National Patient Advocate Foundation

National Quality Forum

New York Academy of Medicine

Oncology Nursing Society

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network

Supportive Care Coalition

Susan G. Komen

The Greenwall Foundation

The John A. Hartford Foundation

Staff

Laurene Graig

Lead

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