hospice and Medicare Advantage. The Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) is well underway and many providers are already contracting with ACOs and other providers in their communities. Additional chapters of the Playbook will be released in the future as they are developed. "We are fortunate to have established programs in the field share some of their practical tools and resources for the Playbook," said NHPCO Vice President of Palliative and Advanced Care, Lori Bishop, MHA, BSN, RN. "In addition, members of our Palliative Care Council provide insight and generously gave of their expertise in the creation of the first several chapters of the Playbook." percent in the process of developing a palliative care program. Currently, the Palliative Care Playbook for Hospices is available exclusively to NHPCO members who may download the Playbook in PDF, free-of-charge. Non-members will soon be able to purchase an edition of the Playbook through the NHPCO Marketplace (look for that in fall of 2019). We are fortunate to have established programs in the field share some of their practical tools and resources for the Playbook. To support the creation and inform content development of the Playbook, NHPCO conducted a palliative care needs survey of its membership in 2018. (Palliative Care Needs Survey Report is available for download on the NHPCO website.) Survey findings indicate that 88 percent of survey participants are involved in community-based palliative care; with 53 percent already providing palliative care services and 35 Newsline / Summer 2019 27https://www.nhpco.org/files/palliative-care-playbook https://www.nhpco.org/files/palliative-care-playbook https://www.nhpco.org/sites/default/files/public/palliativecare/Palliative_Care_Needs_Report_NHPCO.pdf https://www.nhpco.org/sites/default/files/public/palliativecare/Palliative_Care_Needs_Report_NHPCO.pdf