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The Pediatric Med-Quest Community Palliative Care Benefit – Webinar 3
March 25 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm HST
This year (2025), Hawaii became the first state in the nation to offer community-based palliative care for Medicaid (Med-QUEST) beneficiaries.
Palliative care is now available as soon as a patient is diagnosed with a serious illness as a covered preventative benefit. It is available for patients who may be receiving curative treatments but need the extra support that a palliative care team can provide. (Click here for official documents and a 3-page summary.)
Through a grant from Hui Pohala, Kōkua Mau has produced a series of four webinars to help healthcare professionals and members of managed care plans optimize this valuable, new benefit.
Please help us spread the word and share this announcement with colleagues. To learn more about palliative care, visit our Palliative Care pages.
- Please register for each webinar separately.
Webinar #3:
Pediatric Palliative Care Benefit
Tuesday March 25, 2025
Noon – 1 pm
Find out what is covered in this palliative care benefit for children. A 45-minute presentation will be followed by a live, interactive 15-minute Q&A session.
Speakers:
Jasmin Jensen, MD is board certified in hospice and palliative care physician and pediatric oncologist. She has been a member of the medical team at Kapiʻolani medical center for over ten years providing care for patients with complex, chronic, and often life limiting conditions. One of her goals has been to increase access to pediatric palliative care and hospice services for patients and families residing on our neighboring islands. She works closely with community-based hospice agencies throughout the state to ensure that kids and families have support in their own communities to help them navigate the unimaginable challenges they face.
Curtis Thoma, MD. completed a combined residency in both internal medicine and pediatrics and served as pediatric chief resident. During his clinical career he has worked with underserved populations at community health centers in Hawaiʻi. He currently serves as Hawaiʻi Medicaid (Med-QUEST) Medical Director.
Torrie Fields, MPH, CEO of TFA Analytics, was instrumental in the creation of the benefit and is now working on implementation. She serves as strategic advisor to the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), and the Hawaii Department of Human Services, Med-QUEST Division.
Webinar #4:
How the New Benefit Helps You and Your Family
Thur April 3, 2025
Noon – 1pm
Join us to learn more about this innovative Community Palliative Care Benefit that increases the care and support available for people with serious illness.
The webinar will help people with Med-QUEST and those who care for them learn about what palliative care is, who qualifies for the benefit and how to access it in terms that are easy to understand. The session is for the public and all are welcome.
Speakers:
Dr. Daniel Fischberg has served as the Medical Director of the Pain and Palliative Care Department at The Queen’s Medical Center for more than 20 years and is Chief of the Division of Palliative Medicine and Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Anita Jewell, RN. Anita Jewell’s nursing career spans 40+ years. In 1984 a 2-week vacation in Hawaiʻi turned into a permanent move after acquiring a nursing position at the Queen’s Medical Center. After 15 years at QMC’s Cardiovascular ICU, she spent the next 20 years navigating the realms of Case Management, Administration and Population Management. The combination of clinical and administrative experiences has led to unique opportunities to participate in community projects dealing with population health, health management, access to care and transitions of care.
Hope Young is the Advance Care Planning Coordinator for Kōkua Mau. Hope joined Kōkua Mau in 2017 and is a founding member of the Palliative Care Awareness Committee, established in 2021. She provides education and awareness about conversations and documentation about what matters most. Hope has worked with seniors and their loved ones in various capacities throughout her career and enjoys being out in the community.
Video: a siblings experience with Palliative Care for their mother.
