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C-TAC Guest Edits Spring Issue of Generations
This week, the American Society on Aging released the spring 2017 issue of its journal, Generations, featuring guest editors Bill Novelli, Co-Chair of C-TAC’s Board of Directors, and Raca Banerjee, former Policy & Clinical Models Program Manager at C-TAC. The issue focuses on the current landscape around end-of-life care, how advocates are working to change the culture…
Read MoreC-TAC’s 2017 Webinar Series
C-TAC is announcing its 2017 webinar series focusing on C-TAC’s multidisciplinary work across the healthcare field. We invite you to hear from leaders in the advanced care field on new innovations in care delivery, implementation, community outreach and more. Learn more about the different webinars and sigh up here.
Read MoreFormer Senate Leaders Daschle and Frist to Co-Chair 2017 C-TAC Summit
Today, the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) announced former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Bill Frist (R-TN) will co-chair the 2017 National Summit on Advanced Illness Care. The event is the largest gathering of healthcare leaders from around the country working to ensure people with advanced illness received comprehensive, high-quality, person-centered…
Read MoreIntroducing the Blog to Transform Advanced Care
C-TAC is proud to unveil our new blog (to transform Advanced Care), or B-TAC, where you can find the latest developments in the advanced care world. We invite you to stay up to date with C-TAC’s progress on our key initiatives around improving patient-centered care, developing caregiver resources, increasing community engagement, and addressing the cost…
Read MoreThe Aspen Institute Releases Report Incorporating Recommendations From C-TAC
The Aspen Institute Releases Report Incorporating Recommendations From C-TAC C-TAC received special mention in the Aspen Institute’s new report Improving Care at the End of Life. The Aspen Institute issued a call for ideas on ways to improve end-of-life care for patients in advance of their inaugural meeting of the Aspen Health Strategy Group (AHSG).…
Read MoreC-TAC Awarded a Grant to Develop a Serious Illness Care Model Implementation Framework
C-TAC Awarded a Grant to Develop a Serious Illness Care Model Implementation Framework March 2, 2017 – C-TAC is proud to announce that funding has been received to develop an implementation framework for a serious illness care model that provides high-quality, community-based care for those with serious illness. C-TAC will act as a national convener…
Read More2017 National Summit Save the Date
PACE Innovation Act Request for Information
February 8, 2017 Tim Engelhardt Director, Federal Coordinated Health Care Office Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ATTN: PACE Innovation Act Request for Information U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Submitted via: MMCOcapsmodel@cms.hhs.gov On behalf of Altarum Institute’s Center for Elder Care & Advanced Illness and…
Read MoreAlameda County Care Alliance (ACCA) and UC Davis Selected As One of Two Programs to Receive The Prestigious Hillman Innovations in Care Program Award
Alameda County Care Alliance (ACCA) and UC Davis Selected As One of Two Programs to Receive The Prestigious Hillman Innovations in Care Program Award December 9, 2016 – The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation has announced the 2016 recipients of the Hillman Innovations in Care Program, a multi-year initiative funding leading edge, nursing-driven programs that…
Read MoreA Post-Election Note from the Executive Director
Dear C-TAC Member, We congratulate President-elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence on their victory last Tuesday and look forward to working with the new Administration and the 115th Congress to advance our collective vision that all Americans living with advanced illness, especially the sickest and most frail, receive high-quality, person- and family-centered…
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