Palliative Care Educational Webinar Series
The Catholic Health Association (CHA) and the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) are pleased to announce a new webinar series on palliative care education, exclusively for CHA members.
Developed to help CHA members strengthen palliative care program quality and sustainability, this three-part series aims to support palliative care leaders by providing high-level training in the following areas:
- Promoting the well-being of palliative care professionals
- Ensuring the financial sustainability of palliative care programs
- Strengthening age-friendly care by equipping clinicians to focus on What Matters most to patients and families
Open to all CHA members, each one-hour webinar will be led by CAPC faculty and includes time for questions. Additional resources, including training, tools, and additional expert consulting are available to CAPC members.
Session Two:
Financial Sustainability — Updates to the 2026 CMS Physician Fee Schedule
Monday, February 2, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Who should attend: Finance leadership, practitioners, billing specialists. Optimized billing and coding are critical to the financial stability of the palliative care program.
In this webinar, Andrew Esch, MD, CAPC’s Director, Palliative Care Program Development, and Christopher Jones, MD, Associate Professor and Director of Outpatient Palliative Care at Duke Health, will provide a high-level update on the 2026 CMS Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). They will highlight key changes from recent cycles, discuss their impact on care for people living with a serious illness, and share strategies to help palliative care teams bill effectively. The session will also explore new opportunities within the 2026 PFS and will allow time for audience Q&A.
Suggested CAPC Resources:
Presenter
Andrew Esch, MD
Director, Palliative Care Program Development
CAPC
Christopher Jones, MD
Associate Professor and Director of Outpatient Palliative Care
Duke Health
Indu Spugnardi
Senior Director,
Community Health and Eldercare
Catholic Health
Association of the United States