GSA Conducting April 1 Congressional Briefing on Impact of Obesity as We Age

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) invites you to a congressional briefing:

Title: The Impact of Obesity and Opportunity for CMS to Address
When: Tuesday, April 1, from 12 to 1 p.m. ET
Where: Virtual
Click to RSVP

GSA is a professional membership organization committed to promoting the best available interdisciplinary aging research to advance innovations in practice and policy. This is especially key to managing the chronic condition of obesity in health care.

Older people with obesity and overweight require access to proven treatment options and care to improve overall health and reduce other related health care costs. This briefing will feature medical and patient perspectives from Dr. Michael G. Knight and Dr. Kathryn Starr, as well as Jennifer L. Pettis, a registered nurse and patient advocate. Panelists will discuss the importance of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS) proposed rule (CMS-4208-P) which would expand access to anti-obesity medications for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries living with obesity.

Moderator:

• Patricia M. D'Antonio, BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP, Gerontological Society of America

Panelists:

• Michael G. Knight, MD, MSHP, FACP, The George Washington University
• Kathryn Porter Starr, PhD, RDN, Duke University School of Medicine
• Jennifer L. Pettis, MS, RN, CNE, Gerontological Society of America

###

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), founded in 1945, is the nation’s oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization focused on aging. It serves more than 6,000 members in over 50 countries. GSA’s vision, meaningful lives as we age, is supported by its mission to foster excellence, innovation, and collaboration to advance aging research, education, practice, and policy. GSA is home to the National Academy on an Aging Society (a nonpartisan public policy institute) and the National Center to Reframe Aging.