AAHPM Advocacy –  Key Issues

AAHPM engages in public policy advocacy to advance the field, promote the interests of palliative care and hospice patients, and support the health professionals that care for them. The needs of patients and their families throughout the care continuum guide AAHPM’s policy agenda.

Federal Legislation

Review all the bills AAHPM is tracking in Congress.

AAHPM has endorsed the following measures in the 112th Congress:

Personalize Your Care Act of 2011 (H.R. 1589)  

Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment (HELP) Act (S. 722) 

Medicare Hospice Care Access Act of 2011 (S. 891)

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

The Academy is working to have a bill introduced in Congress that would address the workforce needs in the field of hospice and palliative medicine. Learn more about the issue and read a summary of the proposed bill.