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. Support for aging research programs at the National Institute on Aging in fiscal year 2026.
Support for reauthorization of geriatrics workforce enhancement and academic career award programs (HR 4262, to reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes, Energy & Commerce Committee draft for Title VII programs reauthorization). Support for research programs at the National Institute on Aging on drivers of chronic conditions, older adult medical complexity and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Support for amendments to S.1799/HR 3501, "Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimers Needs to Get to an End" legislation to provide for shared decision making, care planning and services, and primary care quality measures in connection with cognitive screening of Medicare beneficiaries.
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 amendments to S. 1799/HR 3501, "Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimers Needs to Get to an End" to provide for shared decision-making, care planning and services, and primary care quality measures in connection with cognitive screening for Medicare beneficiaries.