Palliative care is specialized care for people living with a serious illness that focuses on relieving symptoms and stress for patients and their caregivers.
As the field of palliative care has grown, more states have worked to improve the care of residents living with serious illness. The 2024 Serious Illness Scorecard from the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) highlights key areas in which states have acted and provides comparative information to identify opportunities for further exploration.
Join this webinar to hear about promising practices from state officials in Kansas and Minnesota to improve palliative care capacity, and learn how to leverage the Scorecard to support initiatives in your state.
Participants will be able to:
- Use palliative care data to inform public policies.
- Understand state-level capacity for patients and their caregivers to access palliative care.
- Identify and prioritize strategies that can improve care and outcomes for patients with serious illness in your state.
Speakers
- Wendy Fox-Grage (Moderator), Senior Director, NASHP
- Douglas Neal, MPH, Palliative Care Program Manager, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
- Mary Olsen Baker, MSG, MPA, Quality Assurance & Information Unit Manager, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Aging and Adult Services Division
- Stacie Sinclair, MPP, Associate Director, Policy, Center to Advance Palliative Care
- Kate Shoemaker, LMSW, APHSW-C, Palliative Care Social Worker, University of Kansas Health System
- Scott Bane, JD, MPA, Senior Program Officer, The John A. Hartford Foundation
This webinar is jointly hosted by NASHP and CAPC and made possible by the generous support of The John A. Hartford Foundation.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 3 to 4 p.m. ET
