Palliative care can lead to longer survival and better quality of life for patients, while offering a high-leverage opportunity to reduce costs.

• This resource describes three palliative care delivery models: hospital, community-based, and hospice.
• Essential benefits of palliative care include pain and symptom management, goal setting, family caregiver support, and practical and social support.
• Palliative care involves interdisciplinary team-based care and a 24/7 meaningful clinical response.
• Payers can promote palliative care by including a palliative care consultation as a standard benefit with no copay and offering incentive payments for a palliative care consultation.