; heart, kidney, liver, lung, and infectious diseases; as well as neurodegenerative disease such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). (B) Palliative care services Specific information regarding the services provided to patients by professionals trained in hospice and palliative care, including pain and symptom management, support for shared decisionmaking, care coordination, psychosocial care, and spiritual care, explaining that such services may be provided starting at the point of diagnosis and alongside curative treatment and are intended to— (i) provide patient-centered and family-centered support throughout the continuum of care for serious and life-threatening illness; (ii) anticipate, prevent, and treat physical, emotional, social, and spiritual suffering; (iii) optimize quality of life