On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law enacting a new provision, Section 2302, termed the “Concurrent Care for Children” Requirement, the CCCR. This means all children with a life threatening illness can receive full treatment and still have the support of hospice care. See links below for the tool kit.
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The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has a wonderful resource on concurrent care for children. You can find their toolkit on their website, or use this direct link.
This can be a wonderful resource for developing guidelines, policies or procedures for implementing concurrent care for children.
