State Hospice Organizations
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) is the world’s premier hospice and palliative care leadership organization. We continue to break new ground in professional leadership and development, consumer and caregiver services, research, legislative and regulatory advocacy, technical assistance, communications, international development and quality end-of-life care.
NHPCO was founded in 1978 as a charitable organization advocating for the needs of people facing life-limiting illness. Today, NHPCO is the world’s largest and most innovative national membership organization devoted exclusively to promoting access to hospice and palliative care and to maintaining quality care for persons facing the end of life and their families. NHPCO actively challenges its members to focus on creating pathways for care at the end of life by increasing access to eligible patients, improving the quality of hospice and palliative care services and business practices, and integrating palliative care into the hospice community.
At a glance: NHPCO Membership.
- NHPCO represents approximately 80% percent of hospices nationwide.
- NHPCO maintains a 95 percent member retention rate even as membership among new providers continues to grow.
- NHPCO estimates that over 1.4 million patients were served by hospice in 2007 — an increase of more than 400,000 people since 2003.
- NHPCO estimates that 75 percent of hospice patients and families are cared for by an NHPCO member annually.
