The president of Minnesota Hospice in Lakeville, Minnesota, Ken Haglind manages all elements of leadership for the end-of-life care company. Ken Haglind is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). NHPCO advocates for hospice care and related organizations through the Hospice Action Network (HAN), which communicates with lawmakers and government officials at all levels. One of its recent advocacy projects was on the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), which seeks to address the lack of adequately trained hospice and palliative care professionals. If current trends continue, only one palliative care physician will be available for 26,000 seriously ill patients by the end of the 2020s. PCHETA seeks to provide training in hospice care for a broader set of professionals, including nurses and clinical social workers, and to increase the number of palliative medicine training settings available. The bill enjoyed significant bipartisan support in 2017 and 2018 but has not yet passed.
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