Coalition To Transform Advanced Care

Summit: the c-tac national summit on advanced illness care is an annual event to convene participants from many disciplines and organizations, representing patients,families,policy makers, faith communities, media, and health care professionals gathered to learn and discuss the needed changes in our nations care system to assure that people with advanced illnesses receive care consistent with their values and wishes. The conference has two goals (1) to create a common understanding among participants of the issues challenges, and range of possible solutions; (2) to create a shared sense of mission and action steps for achieving high-quality, advanced illness care. Please see our website for a full post summit report.

Policy & advocacy: in collaboration with our members and partners, c-tac works to ensure that all individuas living with serious illness, especially those who are underserved and under-resourced have a high quality of life on their own terms. Our core principles for care models serve as the guidance in our policy work. Included in our principles is our commitment to advancing equity and dismantling systemic barriers to high quality care for those with serious illness, which we have integrated into our three policy priorities: advance care planning (acp) and shared decision-making (sdm), community-based supports and services, and state innovations on palliative care.