Directory of POLST Programs
POLST programs are run by the state, not by National POLST. Our full list of POLST programs includes the latest information we have received for every state and the District of Columbia. POLST forms are medical orders; please talk with your provider if you are interested in having a POLST. If you need a copy of a POLST form, contact the state leader listed below.
Alabama
Alabama Coalition for Advanced Care Planning
Contact
Mary Ann Crow RN, MSN, APN, CCNS, CCRN
Executive Director
Alabama Coalition for Advanced Care Planning
213 Mayfield Lane Northeast Jacksonville, AL 36265
Phone: (256) 453-2260
Fax: (256) 435-8086
Program
History
Started in 2014
Legislation
Alaska
Alaska POLST
Contact
Terry L. Kadel
State Office of Emergency Medical Services
Department of Health and Social Services /Division of Public Health Section of Rural and Community Health Systems 3601 C Street, Suite 424 Anchorage AK 99503
Phone: (907) 748-0004
Program
History
Started in 2015
Legislation
Arkansas
POLST - Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Masil George, MD
4301 West Markham Slot 748 Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: (501) 766-8435
Program
POLST - Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2017
Arizona
POLST - Physicians Orders of Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Vicki Buchda, MS, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President of Care Improvement
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association
2800 N Central Ave, Suite 1450 Phoenix AZ 85004
Phone: (602) 445-4311
Program
POLST - Physicians Orders of Life-Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2012
Endorsed by National POLST 2020
Legislation
California
POLST - Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Jennifer Ballentine
CEO
Coalition for Compassionate Care of California
2530 River Plaza Drive, Ste. 110 Sacramento, CA 95833
Phone: (916) 489-2222
Fax: (888) 789-9475
Program
POLST - Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2007
Endorsed by National POLST January 22, 2009
Legislation
Colorado
MOST - Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Alissa Schramm, MS
Compass Elder Care Specialists, Inc.
2808 Vrain Street Denver, CO 80212
Phone: (720) 314-0871 phone
Hillary Lum, MD, PhD
University of Colorado School of Medicine
12631 E 17th Avenue Aurora, CO 80045
Phone: (303) 724-1911 phone
Kari Degerness, MBA, LNHA
Director of Health Care Programs
Center for Improving Value in Health Care
950 S. Cherry St., Suite 208 Denver, CO 80246
Phone: (720) 583-2095 phone;
Fax: (720) 549-9189 fax
Program
History
Started in 2005
Endorsed by National POLST January 27, 2011
Legislation
Connecticut
MOLST - Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Barbara Cass
Branch Chief, Health Care Quality and Safety
State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health
Phone: (860) 509-7400
Program
History
Started in 2012
Delaware
DMOST - Delaware Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
John Goodill, MD
Director, Palliative Medicine Education and Outreach
Christiana Care Health System
4745 Ogletown–Stanton Road Newark, DE 19718
Phone: (302) 733-4186
Program
History
Started in 2010
District of Columbia
MOST - Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Brian W. Amy, MD, MHA, MPH, FACPM
Chief Medical Officer
D.C. Department of Health / Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Administration
899 North Capitol Street NE, 5th Floor Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 671-0705
Program
History
Legislation
Florida
POLST - Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Ian L. Cordes, MBA, NHA
Executive Director
The Florida Society For Post-Acute And Long-Term Care Medicine
400 Executive Center Drive, Suite 208 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Phone: (561) 689-6321
Program
History
Started in 2003
Legislation
Georgia
POLST - Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Paula Sanders
Georgia POLST Collaborative
950 Eagle’s Landing Pkwy Suite 622 Stockbridge, GA 30281
Phone: (404) 323-9397 office / (678) 613-8167 cell
Richard W. Cohen, MD
Georgia POLST Collaborative
950 Eagle’s Landing Pkwy Suite 622 Stockbridge, GA 30281
Phone: (404) 323-9397 office / (678) 613-8167 cell
Program
History
Started in 2012
Endorsed by National POLST April 25, 2013
Legislation
Hawaii
POLST - Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Jeannette Koijane, MPH
Executive Director
Kokua Mau - A Movement to Improve Care
PO Box 62155 Honolulu, HI 96839
Phone: (808) 585-9977
Program
POLST - Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2009
Endorsed by National POLST October 22, 2009
Legislation
Idaho
POST - Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Rick Bassett, MSN, RN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCRN
Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist
Idaho Health Continuum of Care Alliance
1116 S. Vista #393 Boise, ID 83705
Phone: (208) 866-6360
Program
History
Started in 2007
Endorsed by National POLST January 27, 2011
Legislation
2007 39-4512A Establishes Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST)
2006 Establishes Health Care Directive Registry (not explicit in legislation but registry includes POST forms)
Idaho Code 39-4515 Transition of Health Care Directive Registry
Idaho Code 39-4516 Life-Sustaining Treatment for Unemancipated Minors
Iowa
IPOST - Iowa Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Kady Reese, MPH, CPHQ
Director, Physician, Patient & Clinical Engagement
Iowa Medical Society
515 E. Locust St., Ste. 400 Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: (515) 421-4781
Jane Dohrmann, LISW, ACHP-SW
Program Director, Palliative Care Services
Iowa City Hospice
Phone: (319) 621-1726
Program
IPOST - Iowa Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
History
Started in 2006
Endorsed by National POLST January 22, 2015
Illinois
POLST - Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Birgitta N. Sujdak Mackiewicz, Ph.D.
Director of Ethics OSF HealthCare Central Region:St. Francis Medical Center & Children's Hospital of Illinois/ Ethics Liaison:OSF HealthCare Transitional Care Hospital
OSF St. Francis Medical Center
530 NE Glen Oak Ave Peoria IL 61637
Phone: 309-655-2670
Paul Hutchison
Assoc Professor of Medicine and Bioethics
Loyola University Medical Center Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Phone: 708-216-9215
Program
POLST - Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2010
Legislation
Indiana
POST - Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Program
History
Started in 2013
Endorsed by National POLST May 18, 2017
Legislation
Kansas
TPOPP - Transportable Physician Orders for Patient Preferences
Contact
Polo Camacho, PhD
Ethics Program Manager/American Society of Clinical Oncology
Kansas-Missouri TPOPP Coalition | Center for Practical Bioethics
Program
TPOPP - Transportable Physician Orders for Patient Preferences
History
Started in 2008
Endorsed by National POLST December 16, 2016
Legislation
Kentucky
MOST - Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Christian Davis Furman, MD, MSPH, AGSF
Vice Chair, Geriatric Medicine | Professor, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, University of Louisville
Phone: (502) 588-4260
Program
History
Started in 2010
Louisiana
LaPOST - Louisiana Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Monique Tyler
Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum
8550 United Plaza Boulevard, Suite 301 Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: (225) 300-4825
Fax: (225) 334-9847
Program
History
Started in 2011
Endorsed by National POLST July 26, 2012
Legislation
Maine
POLST - Physicians Orders of Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Kandyce Powell
Executive Director
Maine Hospice Council and Center for End-of-Life Care
P.O. 2239 295 Water Street, Suite 303 Augusta, ME 04338-2239*
Phone: (207) 626-0651
Fax: (207) 622-1274
Program
History
Started in 2008
Endorsed by National POLST 232015
Legislation
Maryland
MOLST - Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Tricia Tomsko Nay, MD, CMD, CHCQM, FAAFP, FAIHQ, FAAHPM
Medical Director, Office of Health Care Quality
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
55 Wade Avenue, Room 246 Catonsville, MD 21228
Phone: (410) 402-8055
Fax: (410) 402-8211
Paul J. Ballard
Assistant Attorney General | Counsel for Health Decisions Policy and the Office of Health Care Quality
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
300 West Preston Street, Suite 302 Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 767-6918
Fax: (410) 333-7894
Program
History
Legislation
Massachusetts
MOLST - Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Kathryn Downes
Director of Policy
Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs
Executive Office of Elder Affairs 1 Ashburton Place 5th Floor Boston, MA, 02108
Phone: (617) 727-7750
Program
History
Started in 2010
Legislation
Chapter 268 of the Acts of 2022, specifically Section 8.
Michigan
MI-POST - Michigan Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Lara Clary-Lantis, D.O.
Trinity Health IHA Medical Group Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 407-247-6251
Karen Smith, LMSW, Ph.D., HEC-C
Director of Ethics Integration
Henry Ford Hospital & Health System
Phone: (313) 916-4401
Program
History
Started in 2011
Minnesota
POLST - Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Victor M. Sandler, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine specialist, Geriatrician
Chair, Minnesota Network of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physicians Co-Chair University of Minnesota Bioethics Committee, 2000-2020 Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota
Eileen Weber, DNP, JD, BSN, PHN, RN
Clinical Associate Professor, Population Health and Systems, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota
Founder, Healthcare Legal Partnership (HLP) Collaborative
Phone: (651) 276-1730
Program
POLST - Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2009
Endorsed by National POLST November 7, 2018
Legislation
Mississippi
MPOST - Mississippi Physician Orders for Sustaining Treatment
Contact
LaDarion Ammons, JD
Louisiana Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (LMHPCO)
200 North Congress St. Jackson, MS 39209
Phone: (601) 750-0791
Program
MPOST - Mississippi Physician Orders for Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2014
Missouri
TPOPP - Transportable Physician Orders for Patient Preferences
Contact
Polo Camacho, PhD
Ethics Program Manager/American Society of Clinical Oncology
Kansas-Missouri TPOPP Coalition | Center for Practical Bioethics
Program
TPOPP - Transportable Physician Orders for Patient Preferences
History
Started in 2008
Endorsed by National POLST December 16, 2016
Legislation
Montana
POLST - Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Program
History
Started in 2010
Endorsed by National POLST October 27, 2011
Legislation
Nebraska
POLST - Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Jacob Dahlke
Ethics Director
Office of Healthcare Ethics, Nebraska Medicine
987400 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-7400
Phone: (402) 552-3647
Program
History
Started in 2005
Nevada
POLST - Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Patti Pollina RN, APRN, ACHPN, NP-C
Chair
Nevada POLST
10709 Balsam Creek Ave Las Vegas, NV 89144
Phone: (702) 524-9363
Program
History
Started in 2009
Legislation
New Hampshire
POLST - Provider Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Janice McDermott
Health Care Decisions Coalition
125 Airport Road Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 415-4270
Program
History
Started in 2003
Endorsed by National POLST August 24, 2017
New Jersey
POLST – Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Theresa Edelstein
Senior Vice President
New Jersey Hospital Association
Partnerships Transforming Health New Jersey Hospital Association 760 Alexander Road, PO BOX 1 Princeton, NJ 08543-0001
Phone: (609) 275-4102
Program
History
Started in 2011
New Mexico
MOST - Medical Orders For Scope of Treatment
Contact
Lorrie Griego
Program Manager
Presbyterian Home Health Care
8100 Constitution Place Northeast, Suite 400 Albuquerque, NM 87110
Phone: (505) 559-6053
Fax: (505) 559-1155
Program
History
Started in 2012
New York
MOLST - Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Katie Orem, MPH
Geriatrics & Palliative Care Program Manager
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
eMOLST Administrator 165 Court Street Rochester, NY 14647
Phone: (585) 453-6306
Fax: (585) 453-6365
Program
MOLST - Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2003
Endorsed by National POLST 2006
Legislation
North Carolina
MOST - Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment Form
Contact
Linda Darden, MHA, CPA
CEO
Trellis Supportive Care
101 Hospice Lane Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Phone: (336) 768-3972
Fax: (336) 201-5222
Program
MOST - Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment Form
History
Started in 2004
Endorsed by National POLST August 28, 2008
Legislation
North Dakota
POLST - Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Nancy Joyner, RN, MS, APRN-CNS, ACHPN
POLST Program Coordinator for Honoring Choices North Dakota
Honoring Choices North Dakota
702 Belmont Road Grand Forks, ND 58201
Phone: (701) 746-4728
Program
History
Started in 2010
Endorsed by National POLST February 13, 2018
Legislation
Ohio
MOLST - Medical Orders For Life Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Susan Wallace, MSW, LSW
Director of Government Relations & Public Affairs
LeadingAge Ohio
2233 North Bank Drive Columbus, OH 43220
Phone: (614) 545-9026
Anne Shelley
Director of Regulatory Affairs
LeadingAge Ohio
2233 North Bank Drive Columbus, OH 43220
Phone: (614) 545-9030
Program
MOLST - Medical Orders For Life Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2006
Oklahoma
OkPOLST - Oklahoma Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Jan Slater, JD, MBA
Executive Director
Oklahoma POLST Task Force
4502 East 41st Street Tulsa, OK 74137
Phone: (918) 688-6732
Program
OkPOLST - Oklahoma Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2007
Oregon
POLST - Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Anthony Antoville, BFA, CMC
Executive Director
Oregon Health & Science University, Center for Ethics in Health Care
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code: UHN-86 Portland, OR 97239
Phone: (503) 494-3965
Fax: (503) 494-1260
Program
POLST - Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 1991
Endorsed by National POLST 2004
Legislation
Pennsylvania
PAPOLST - Pennsylvania Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Lisa George, MPH, CHES
Senior Communications and Program Specialist
Coalition for Quality at the End of Life (CQEL)
Jewish Healthcare Foundation 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 2500 Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: (412) 586-6719
Program
PAPOLST - Pennsylvania Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
History
Started in 2000
Endorsed by National POLST January 27, 2011
Legislation
Rhode Island
MOLST - Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Kelly Baxter, DNP, FNP-BC, ACHPN
Improving Care Coalition of RI
55 Cherry Lane Wakefield, RI 02879
Therese (Terry) Rochon, MSN, MA RNP, ACHPN
Improving Care Coalition of RI
51 Health Lane Warwick, RI 02886
Program
History
Started in 2011
Legislation
South Carolina
POST - Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Karen Reeves, BSN, MHHA, FACHE
Vice President, Risk Management & Accreditation
South Carolina Hospital Association
1000 Center Point Road Columbia, SC 29210-5802
Phone: (803) 280-0527
Wilma Rice, MSN, RN, CEN
Roper St. Francis Healthcare
316 Calhoun St. Charleston, SC 29401
Phone: (843) 573-4905
Program
History
Started in 2012
South Dakota
MOST - Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Michele Snyders, MSW, CSW-PIP, APHSW-C
Hospice and Palliative Care Program Manager
LifeCircle South Dakota
3708 W Brooks Pl. Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Phone: 605-789-7538
Program
History
Started in July 1, 2019
Legislation
Tennessee
POST - Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Judy Eads
President
Tennessee End of Life Partnership
711 Shenandoah Drive Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone: (615) 289-4275
Fax: (615) 246-2773
Program
History
Started in 2005
Endorsed by National POLST February 26, 2009
Legislation
Texas
Texas POLST:A Portable Medical Order
Contact
Kim Callanan
Executive Director
Texas Talks... supporting the conversations that matter
Phone: (817) 675-6821
Program
History
Started in 2013
Legislation
Utah
POLST - Provider Order for Life Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Emmie Gardner, MSW, LCSW
CEO
Holy Cross Ministries
860 East 4500 South, Suite 204 Salt Lake City, UT 84107
Phone: (385) 257-2377
Program
History
Started in 2002
Endorsed by National POLST April 28, 2011
Legislation
Vermont
COLST - Clinician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Cindy Bruzzese, MPA
Executive Director
Vermont Ethics Network
61 Elm Street Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 828-2909
Program
History
Started in 2005
Legislation
Virginia
POST - Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Karen Dotson
Program Coordinator, Virginia POLST Collaborative
Capital Caring Health - Home of the Virginia POLST Collaborative
3180 Fairview Park Dr, Ste 500 Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone: (703) 957-1763
Matthew G. Kestenbaum, MD, FAAHPM
Medical Director, Virginia POLST Collaborative
Capital Caring Health - Home of the Virginia POLST Collaborative
3180 Fairview Park Dr, Ste 500 Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone: (703) 957-1888
Program
History
Started in 2006
Endorsed by National POLST January 14, 2016
Washington
POLST - Portable Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
Contact
Program
History
Started in 2000
Endorsed by National POLST 2005
Legislation
Wisconsin
POST - Provider Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Renee Foutz, MD
Wisconsin POLST Coalition
9200 W Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 805-4607
Program
History
Started in 1997
Legislation
West Virginia
POST - Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
Contact
Helen Matheny
The West Virginia Center for End-of-Life Care
PO Box 9022 64 Medical Center Drive Room 1168F Health Sciences North Morgantown, WV 26506-9022
Phone: (877) 209-8086 toll free or (304) 293-0695
Fax: (844) 616-1415
Program
POST - Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment
History
Started in 2002
Endorsed by National POLST 2005
Legislation
Wyoming
WyoPOLST - Portable Medical Orders
Contact
Mark Kelly
Program Manager
WyoPOLST Program
Wyoming Department of Health
Phone: (307) 777-7988
James Eggert, MD
Resident Physician
Family Medicine Residency Program at Cheyenne
820 East 17th St Cheyenne WY 82001
Phone: (307) 632-2434
Fax: (307) 634-7691
Program
History