AGS Policy Statements, Letters to the Government, and Other Materials Related our Public Policy Efforts

This page provides access to AGS materials with relevance to our public policy efforts, including letters that we have submitted to the government (Letter), testimony before Congress (testimony), policy statements (Statement), and legislative and regulatory proposals (Proposal), and meeting or other reports (Report).

The AGS develops policy statements to address specific issue that are relevant to public policy around care of older adults. Policy statements are developed by both the Public Policy Advisory Group as well as other groups within the Society, including the AGS Board of Directors. The following are links to active AGS Policy Statements and materials that are relevant to our public policy efforts.




Type of
Document
Name of Document Created
or Last
Updated
     
  Ambulatory Care  
Statement Ambulatory Clinical Geriatric Care and Services 2000
     
  Assessment  
Statement Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for the Older Patient 2005
     
  Asset Transfer Provisions  
Letter Ensuring Clarity in Regulations and Communications 2006
     
  Assisted Living  
Statement Assisted Living Facilities 2004
     
  Care Transitions  
Statement Improving the Quality of Transitional Care for
Persons with Complex Care Needs
2002
Testimony Dr. Eric Coleman Testimony before Senate Special Committee on Aging on Patient-Centered Care 2008
     
  Catastrophic Care  
Letter Public Financing of Catastrophic Care for the Older Patient 1993


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  Chronic Care  
Testimony Eliminating Barriers to Chronic Care and
Care Management in Medicare
2003
     
  CMS 5-year Rule  
Letter AGS Comments on MD 5 Year Review from CMS 2006
     
  Death and Dying  
Statement Access to High Quality End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes 2006
Statement The Care of Dying Patients 2007
     
     
  Disaster Preparedness  
Testimony Caring for Seniors in a National Emergency: Can We Do Better? 2006
     
  Elder Mistreatement  
Letter Support for Elder Justice Act 2006
Statement Elder Mistreatment 2006
Testimony Elder Justice: Protecting Seniors from Abuse and Neglect 2002
     
  Ethnogeriatrics  
Statement Ethnogeriatrics 2006
     
  Interpreters  
Statement Interpreters 2006
     
  Genetics  
Statement Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease 2000
     
  Graduate Medical Education  
Letter Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 Rates 2006
Letter AGS joins Advocacy Efforts for Appropriate Reimbursement
for Physicians Supervising Trainees for Direct and
Indirect medical education
2005


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  Health Information Network  
Statement AGS Health Care Systems Committee
Electronic Health Records Policy Statement
2006
Letter AGS Submits Comments to CMS on
National Health Information Network
2005
     
  Home Care  
Statement The Role of House Calls in Geriatric Practice 2000
Statement Home Care and Related Medical Services 2003
     
  Inpatient Hospital-acquired Conditions (HACs)  
Letter Comments to CMS Regarding Proposal to Add Delirium to the List of Preventable Hospital-acquired Conditions (HACs) 2008
     
  Informed Consent  
Statement Informed Consent for Research on Human Subjects with Dementia 2007
     
  Interdisciplinary Care  
Statement Interdisciplinary Care for Older Adults with Complex Needs 2005
     
  Loan Forgiveness  
Letter Support for Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 2008
     
  Medicare  
Statement Care Management 2000
Statement Medicare Under
revision
Statement Medicare Managed Care 2003
Statement Medicare Prescription Drug Statement of Principles 2000
Statement The Role of the Geriatrician in Managed Care 1999
Letter AGS comments on proposed Medicare Advantage Program 2004
Testimony Testimony to House Ways and Means Committee
on Chronic Care and Disease Management


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  Medicare Part D  
Letter Request for Part D Transition Extension 2006
Letter Stakeholder Organizations Comment on Long-term
Care Residents and Medicare Part D Transition
2006
Letter AGS Comments on MMA Formulary Guidelines 2004
Letter AGS comments on proposed Medicare Part D Regulations 2004
Letter Organizational comments on development of MMA regulations 2004
     
  Mental Health  
Journal Article The AGS & American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Recommendations for Policies in Support of Quality
Mental Health Care in U.S. Nursing Homes
2003
Statement Mental Health and the Elderly 1993
     
  National Coverage Determination  
Letter AGS Comments on Potential National Coverage Determination (NCD) Topics for Third Quarter 2008 2008
     
  National Quality Forum  
Letter AGS Comments on National Quality Forum (NQF)
National Priorities Partnership Document (NPP)
2008
     
  Nursing Home  
Statement Measuring Quality of Care for Nursing Home Residents -
Considering Unintended Consequences
2002
Letter Support for Nursing Home Quality Measures 2005
Statement Regulation of Nursing Facilities 2000
Testimony Testimony before Ways and Means on Long-term Care 2005
     
  Older Workers  
Testimony Testimony before Senate Special Committee on Aging
on Older Workers in the Workplace
2004
     
  Outpatient Healthcare-acquired Conditions (HACs)  
Letter Comments to CMS Regarding Proposal to add Falls and Trauma to the List of Preventable Outpatient Healthcare-acquired Conditions 2008


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  Pay for Performance  
Statement Pay for Performance Policy Statement 2006
Proposal Pay for Performance Proposal 2006
Brief Report AGS Meets with Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services and NQF
2006
Member
Education
Pay for Performance Primer 2006
Member
Education
Physician Voluntary Reporting Program 2006
     
  Physician-Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Active Euthanasia  
Statement Physician Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Active Euthanasia 2007
     
  Physician Fee Schedule  
Letter AGS Comments on 2009 Physician Fee Schedule 2008
     
  Prescription Drugs  
Statement Conversion of Prescription Drugs to Over-the-Counter Designation 1999
Letter Use of Therapeutic Agents in the Elderly 2002


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  Rationing  
Statement Rational Allocation of Medical Care 2002
     
  Rehabilitation  
Statement Geriatric Rehabilitation 1999
     
  Research  
Testimony Friends of AHRQ Testimony before
House Appropriations Committee
2005
Statement The Responsible Conduct of Research 2007
Statement Research and Geriatric Medicine 1999
Letters Outsourcing and the NIH:
  • AGS Comment Letter to DHHS
  • DHHS Response
  • 2004
         
      Screening  
    Statement Health Screening Decisions for Older Adults 2002


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      Shortage of Geriatricians  
    Testimony Testimony before the Senate Special Committee on Aging 2002
    Testimony Testimony before the Senate Committee on
    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
    2001
         
      Stem Cell Research  
    Statement Ethical and Legal Issues in Stem Cell Research 2007
         
      Transitional Care  
    Statement Improving the Quality of Transitional Care
    for Persons with Complex Care Needs
    2002
         
      Treatment Decisions  
    Statement Making Treatment Decisions for Incapacitated
    Elderly Patients without Advance Directives
    2002


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