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AGS MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Members-Only Phone and Email
We are here to help members and can provide assistance either by phone or by email. Visit MyAGS to submit your questions and comments via our special members only email.
Publications, Products & Resources
Member Communications
We communicate with our members via:
- monthly member mailings that cover such topics as upcoming certification exams and educational programs, our public policy activities, and the release of new AGS member only resources and AGS products
- weekly updates on Medicare Part D, AGS Public Policy Activities, and other topics of interest via the AGS listserv
- quarterly issues of the AGS News, our newsletter.
Advocacy
The Washington Office, AGS leaders and staff advocate on issues important to geriatrics health care providers through our work:
Personal Benefits
- Obtain additional professional recognition through elevation to fellowship in the AGS.
- Networking opportunities with over 6,500 physicians and other health care professionals, and access to up-to-date member contact information via the online Membership Directory, available on MyAGS, our members-only website.
- An opportunity to gain recognition as a committed and active member of the geriatrics community.
- Opportunities to join special membership committees, sections, and special interest groups focusing on specific areas in geriatrics, including Ethnogeriatrics, Fellows-in-Training , Long-Term Care, Nurses, Pharmacists, Social workers, International, and Teachers of Geriatric Medicine.
- An AGS Credit Card is available to all AGS members through a partnership with Bank of America. This program provides premium benefits, and AGS royalties go to the FHA Student Researcher Fund. Platinum Plus credit lines may go up to $100,000. There is no annual fee, an introductory 0% Fixed APR for cash advance checks and balance transfers, 24 hour service and fraud protection and online banking. To sign up, call toll-free 1-866-428-6262.
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