KRISTINE BLACKWOOD LLC
Lobbying for AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · non-profit society of geriatrics practitioners
Support for funding the geriatrics workforce education programs at the Health Resources and Services Administration and geriatrics research programs at the National Institute on Aging (S.4942/H.R.9029, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act and H.R.1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025).
Support for reauthorization of geriatrics workforce enhancement and academic career award programs; and research at the National Institute on Aging on drivers of chronic conditions and diseases common to older adults and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Support for shared decision making, care planning and services, and primary care quality measures in connection with cognitive screening of Medicare beneficiaries with cognition concerns.
Support for Medicare physician payment, including H.R.879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 and primary care physician payment reform; Support for shared decision-making, care planning and services, and primary care quality measures in connection with cognitive screening for Medicare beneficiaries with cognition concerns.