GEDC 2025 Webinar Series Recording: CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure - Part 1
The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) held a 2025 CMS Hospital Measure webinar series in 2025-2026. Part 1, "The CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measures and the Geriatric ED," was on April 7.
The webinar series featured expert advice on each of the five domains of the CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure. During the April 7 webinar, "The CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measures and the Geriatric ED," experts discussed how to provide guidance and processes to help every emergency department meet the requirements for the CMS Hospital Measure.
Speakers included:
- Kevin Biese, MD, MAT, Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs Director, Division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine Clinical, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Division Of Geriatrics, Chapel Hill, NC
- Nida Degesys, MD, Director of Geriatric Emergency Department, University of California at San Francisco
- Lauren T. Southerland, MD MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University
- Rani E. Snyder, MPA, Vice President of Program, The John A. Hartford Foundation
The webinar dates and topics were:
- April 7 - The CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measures and the Geriatric ED
- July 14 - Medication Management and the CMS Hospital Measure
- October 20 - What Matters: Eliciting Patient Healthcare Goals and the CMS Hospital Measure
Watch the April 7 webinar.
Learn more about the GEDC CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure webinar series.
Go to GEDC's website.
Learn about JAHF's co-support of GEDC.



