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Contact: Media Relations Officer, (202) 828-0975.
Media Advisory
AAMC To Present Analysis of BBA Impact on U.S. Teaching Hospitals
WHAT: The impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) on U.S. teaching hospitals and the current financial difficulties many of these institutions face will be discussed at a media briefing sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The briefing will review the current and projected impact of the BBA and the need for immediate and substantive policy corrections.
WHO: AAMC President Jordan J. Cohen, M.D. Vanderbilt University Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Harry Jacobson, M.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, President Jeffrey Otten
WHEN: Wednesday, April 28, 1999, from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
WHERE: AAMC, Room 130, 2450 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
RSVP: John Parker, 202-828-0975 or jeparker@aamc.org
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The Association of American Medical Colleges represents the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools; the 16 accredited Canadian medical schools; some 400 major teaching hospitals, including 74 Veterans Administration medical centers; 87 academic and professional societies representing nearly 88,000 faculty members; and the nation's 67,000 medical students and 102,000 residents.
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