For Providers

Creating a network for providers, doctors, nurses, support services, families, and community leaders to share ideas, information, and resources with each other

CLINICAL CONSULTATION is available with GIPPCC Team PHYSICIANS< APNs<FAMILY SUPPORT TEAMS

Pain & Symptom Management
Billing Guidelines
Resources & Referrals Supporting Continuity of Care
Collaboration across care-settings with experts throughout the state and nationally

Research Projects

Coleman Foundation Supportive Oncology
ARCC NEST Parent- Child Assessment Tool
ARCC Bereavement Support

Concurrent Care for Children

A section of the Affordable Care Act called “Concurrent Care for Children” mandates that children who are in a Medicaid Program and are eligible for hospice care can continue to receive coverage for curative, disease-directed therapies while also benefiting from the specialized support from the hospice team. Families no longer need to choose between treatments that might help their child’s life-threatening condition and care that would help their child feel as comfortable and supported as possible at the end of her life.

GIPPCC Mentorship Program

Why It’s Important:

Better Outcomes, Lower Costs, Family Satisfaction (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research)
Nearly 14% of children ages 0-17 have special health care needs (NHPCO)
Each year, approximately 1,185 Illinois children are newly diagnosed with a life-limiting illness
Over 1,400 children die each year in Illinois
11% reduction in average cost when children receive palliative care services
Improved Quality of Life for the child and the family
Less than 1% of children who could benefit from Palliative Care actually receive it (Children’s International Study)

Our goal is to work together to ensure that the state’s most vulnerable children have the quality care that they deserve.

I believe that had we not received supportive care during the last years of his life, we would not be able to exist in today’s world with some semblance of mental health and wellness. I beg you to jump into the arena of pediatric palliative care. You will not only be trying to enhance the quality of one child’s life. You will be affecting one entire family’s generational experience.

Diane