Webinar: The Potential of Palliative Care for People with Serious Illness

Palliative care offers great potential to improve and extend the lives of people with serious illness, allowing them to get care at home if they wish, while controlling costs. In addition to her considerable expertise and knowledge, Dr. Diane Meier is an enthusiastic advocate for palliative care. She directs the Center to Advance Palliative Care in addition to her position on the faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Among many awards, she won a 2008 MacArthur Genius Fellowship. Register for the webinar May 9^th at 9:30 am and hear from Dr. Meier about the potential of palliative care and how it could benefit seriously ill Medicaid members.