Current
Medicare Resident Limit Redistribution Program
Section 422 of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) created a program
to reduce Medicare resident caps for hospitals with below-cap resident
counts and "redistribute" them to hospitals seeking to expand their
caps. More
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Resident Limits Impede Teaching Hospitals' Educational Mission
The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997's resident limits impose
significant limitations on the ability of teaching hospitals and
medical schools that sponsor and conduct graduate medical education
programs to respond to the needs of the communities they serve.
the current policy is beginning to impede the conitnued development
of the educational mission at many teaching institutions. More
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The AAMC has sent a letter
to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services expressing concern
about the detrimental impact of Medicare resident limits.
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