Aging Policy Briefing
Aging Policy Briefing & Capitol Hill Day
Washington, DC
April 25-26, 2023
Registration Now Open!
Advocates wanted! Join us this spring to update your policy knowledge and advocate with your congressional delegations on Capitol Hill.
With the dwindling of COVID-19 relief funding, the need for continued advocacy for sustained annual funding and a brand-new Congress, it’s more important than ever for aging advocates like YOU to join us in Washington, DC, to navigate our new political realities and changing legislative landscape.
Attendees will hear from the experts about what’s needed to advocate for today’s aging policy priorities, gain insider analysis of the policy landscape in Washington, and get the messaging, tools and tactics they need to best advocate on behalf of older adults and caregivers at the local, state and national levels. And in exciting news, USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute will once again host a special intensive—details below!
You really can’t afford to miss the 2023 USAging Policy Briefing, mingle with peers just steps from the Capitol and get the latest policy insights that will help you advocate successfully for the older adults and caregivers you serve in your communities.
The agenda, the broad strokes of which are below for planning purposes, will be updated soon with more details. Topics being considered include Medicaid HCBS, workforce, Medicare, Older Americans Act, housing, transportation and other policy areas. (Have an idea for a session? Email policy@usaging.org.) Agenda
Morning of Tuesday, April 25: Aging and Disability Business Institute Pre-Conference Intensive
Charting the Course: Medicare and Medicaid Trends and Opportunities for AAAs and CBOs: A renewed focus on health equity and the social determinants of health and additional flexibilities within Medicare and Medicaid offer Area Agencies on Aging and other aging and disability community-based organizations new opportunities for contracting with health plans, accountable care organizations and more. Attend this Pre-Conference Intensive to learn how your AAA can prepare now for these landscape shifts, and how your agency can advocate for systems changes that benefit your AAA and the clients you serve. Check out the agenda.
Afternoon of Tuesday, April 25 through the Morning of Wednesday, April 26
Aging Policy Briefing Sessions on the federal budget, the long-term care workforce, state perspectives on Medicaid HCBS, caregiving and best practices for meeting with lawmakers and staff. Conversations with ACL and CMS officials, Capitol Hill staff and national advocates. Topics to include Older Americans Act, Medicare, Medicaid, transportation, elder justice and more. See detailed agenda.
Morning of Wednesday, April 26: Aging Policy Briefing
Conversations with ACL and CMS officials, Capitol Hill staff and national advocates. Topics to include Older Americans Act, Medicare, Medicaid, transportation, elder justice and more.
Morning of Wednesday, April 26: Aging Policy Briefing
Conversations with ACL and CMS officials, Capitol Hill staff and national advocates. Topics to include Older Americans Act, Medicare, Medicaid, transportation, elder justice and more.
Aging Policy Briefing
- AAA Members $335
- Title VI Aging Programs $200
- Associate Members $375
- Non-Members $475
- All USAging Members $125
- Non-Members $200
- $25 discount with two or more registrations from the same agency (Use Code: 2023APBGROUP)
- $25 discount for State Grassroots Coordinators (Use Code: 2023APBSGC)
Hotel Details
Please make your reservations now! Our room blocks always sell out quickly. Our host hotel, Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill (525 New Jersey Avenue, NW), is in a prime location just a few blocks from the Capitol and congressional office buildings. USAging has secured a special rate of $339/night for APB attendees. To guarantee this rate, reserve a room online or call 202.628.2100 and use the code USAGING before March 24, 2022.
Our second hotel option is just half a block away! To book at the Yotel (415 New Jersey Avenue, NW) for a USAging rate of $329/night, reserve your room online. To show the USAging rates, enter your arrival and departure dates to see availability.
COVID-19 Policy
With respect for the safety and well-being of our members, attendees and the communities they serve, as well as our own work to promote vaccines as a part of healthy aging, USAging requires proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to participate in our in-person events.
This means:
- Proof of being fully vaccinated (per the CDC definition) will be required. Have a digital or paper copy of your proof of vaccination ready when you arrive at the conference.
- For those with an exemption from vaccination, we offer an alternative option for you to attend the event: we require you to provide, upon arrival at the event, proof of a negative COVID-19 test result taken no more than 48 hours prior to arrival.
- be fully up to date with the latest COVID-19 booster for which they are eligible; and
- to take a COVID-19 test before traveling to the event.
Note: USAging follows the CDC's recommendations. If CDC recommendations change, USAging will evaluate and update this policy, if appropriate.