What is the relationship between NHPCO and the Hospice Action Network?
NHPCO and the Hospice Action Network work closely together to make an impact. NHPCO sets the public policy agenda. The Hospice Action Network implements the agenda through direct lobbying, grassroots advocacy and by working with Hospice Advocates to expand the message through education and sharing the hospice story with Congress. (back to top) Why does the Alliance for Care at the End of Life need to be rebranded as the Hospice Action Network? In 2007, NHPCO created the Alliance for Care at the End of Life, a 501(c)4 organization. As a 501(c)3, NHPCO faces limits on the time and resources that may be used for advocacy on Capitol Hill and at the grassroots level. Up until 2007, NHPCO had been able to work effectively within those limitations. However, with new and more complicated public policy challenges, a more integrated and intensive approach was, and continues to be, needed. Under the leadership of the Alliance, the hospice community fought to successfully extend the implementation
