Letter to CMS Requesting Their Assistance in Addressing the Misuse of the Beers Criteria

The American College of Physicians (ACP), based on a recent resolution by our Board of Regents, requested the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) assistance in addressing the current misuse of the American Geriatric Society's (AGS) Beers Criteria1 (aka Beers List) by a number of Medicare Part D, Medicare Advantage and State Medicaid programs.The Beers criteria is a list of medications that may have potentially harmful effects on elderly patients.

Neil Kirschner

Medicare, Beers criteria, Beers list

Mon, 08/22/2016 - 4:52 PM EDT

Thu, 09/26/2019 - 1:41 PM EDT

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beers_letter_cms_final_2016.pdf

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