Our Mission, Vision & Promise
The Colorado Center for Hospice & Palliative Care (COCHPC) strongly believes in the value of hospice care as the highest-quality care for patients and family caregivers struggling with serious and life-limiting illness. It is the mission of the COCHPC to work to increase access to palliative and hospice services and promote quality standards of care for all Coloradans. Within this mission it is our vision that all Coloradans will live well at the end of life or in serious illness, and that none will suffer needlessly.
COCHPC is committed to serving the entire hospice and palliative care community. Among our membership are programs large and small, urban and rural, nonprofit and for-profit, government owned and faith-based, single site and multi-site, the variations go on, and this diversity enriches our organization and the field. Despite these differences our commitment to caring and excellence is the same.
Our brand promise ensures that we will connect Coloradans in need with palliative and hospice care information and resources. For our members, we will provide advocacy, education, and best practice models of care. Join today – Click here.
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Left to right: Kathy O’Shea, Sen. Mark Udall,
Sarah Myers and Cordt Kassner
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COCHPC Account Executive Sarah Myers (far right) and members Kathy O’Shea, VP of Development for Hospice & Palliative Care of Western CO, and Cordt Kassner of Hospice Analytics meet with Sen. Mark Udall to thank him for his support of the HELP Hospice Act (S. 722).
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Colorado Hospice Statistics
Colorado Hospice statistics (2009) – Recent analysis of publicly available data for the hospice industry in Colorado for Medicare beneficiaries show that 49% are utilizing hospice services as compared to 40% nationally. In 2009 there were a total of 23,181 Medicare beneficiary patient deaths; of those deaths, 11,409 were Medicare hospice deaths. Information by Congressional district is available for members only. Click here.
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