Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness
The Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness fosters ongoing dialogue about improving care for people of all ages facing all stages of serious illness. To that end, the Roundtable’s work and activities focus on five priority areas: delivery of person-centered, family-oriented care; communication and advance care planning; professional education and development; policies and payment systems; and public education and engagement. The Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness convenes a diverse group of key public and private stakeholders, and sponsors public workshops to explore critical topics.
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Advancing Value-Based Payment for People with Serious Illness to Align Financing with Quality: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
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·2026
As the U.S. health care system shifts from fee-for-service toward value-based payment, policymakers, providers, payers, and advocates are grappling with how financing structures influence access to coordinated, interdisciplinary care. The National Academies' Roundtable on Quality Care for People wit...
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