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AAMC Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing on VA-Academic Medicine Partnership

The AAMC hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on May 12 commemorating the 80th anniversary of the VA-academic medicine partnership

  • May 15, 2026
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How Visa Policies Help Address Health Care Workforce Shortages and Advance Medical Breakthroughs

Two-page fact sheet detailing how J-1 and H-1B visa holders serve as an important complement within the health workforce, helping to fill gaps in the shortage.

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Biomedical Research
Tracking NIH Funding

Explore NIH grant funding data, including funding trends, funding by IC, new and competing awards, and multiyear funding, updated throughout the fiscal year.

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Trump Administration Executive Actions

A resource outlining Trump administration executive actions most likely to impact academic medicine.

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Testimony & Correspondence
AAMC, Hospital Groups Letter to Senate Leaders on Infrastructure Pay-Fors

: The AAMC joined other hospital and health system groups in a letter to Senate leadership opposing two proposed pay-fors in recently proposed infrastructure le

  • June 29, 2021
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AAMC Comment Letter to CMS on FY 2022 IPPS Proposed Rule

The AAMC Jun. 28 submitted comments to CMS on the Agency’s FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule.

  • June 28, 2021
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Testimony & Correspondence
GME Advocacy Coalition Comments on IPPS Proposed GME Slot Distribution

The GME Advocacy Coalition sent a letter to CMS regarding its proposed distribution of the 1,000 new GME slots.

  • June 28, 2021
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Washington Highlights
GAO Issues Report on Medicare GME Caps, Funding

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report analyzed the need to extend the five-year cap building window for new teaching hospitals.

  • June 25, 2021
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Supreme Court Finds Plaintiffs Lack Standing in Latest Challenge to the ACA

The Supreme Court decided the latest ACA challenge on standing, and not the merits of the constitutionality of the individual mandate.

  • June 25, 2021
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