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Advocacy & Policy

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) works with policymakers and other leaders to advance policy priorities that strengthen the nation’s health and well-being.

Through policies that affect health care delivery, research, education, health equity, and more, the federal government is a key partner in sustaining the vitality of the nation’s academic medicine ecosystem, which is essential to improving the health of all. Learn more about the AAMC’s priorities for the 118th Congress.

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AAMC Recognizes Recipients of 2024 Champion of Academic Medicine Awards

The AAMC recognizes two Members of Congress for their excellence in Champion of Academic Medicine Awards.

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AAMC Policy and Priorities

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Research

AAMC-member institutions endeavor to prepare a diverse medical research workforce and champion an environment where medical discovery can flourish. This strong commitment is key to innovation that benefits patients.

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Clinical Care

AAMC-member teaching hospitals and faculty physicians cultivate and provide high-quality health care, especially for complex and vulnerable patients -- many of whom are unable to receive care elsewhere.

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Investing in Healthier Communities

Academic medical centers serve at the crossroads of community health, health equity, and population health and are actively working to prevent and address persistent public health challenges.

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Workforce

AAMC-member medical schools and teaching hospitals play a crucial role in preparing future physicians who help create a healthier future for all with innovative graduate medical education.

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Washington Highlights

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Section 126 of the CAA, 2021 provides for 1,000 new Medicare-supported GME positions, distributed at 200 per year. Awards will be effective as of July 1, 2025.

  • Jan. 12, 2024
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the final rule for the Pilot Program on Graduate Medical Education and Residency (PPGMER) on November 10

  • Nov. 17, 2023
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Earlier this year, the CMS announced FTE overlap audits for a five-year period beginning in FY 2023.

  • Sept. 8, 2023
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The AAMC sent an April 26 letter asking the CMS to continue virtual supervision of resident physicians in all geographic regions when the PHE ends.

  • April 28, 2023
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Press Release

The AAMC and Thalamus announced a strategic collaboration to ease the transition to residency for medical students, medical schools, and residency programs.

  • April 27, 2023
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Press Release

AAMC delivered the following testimony during an NRMP Board of Directors and leadership meeting on Sept. 16, 2022 on the two-phase main residency Match proposal

  • Sept. 19, 2022
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The AAMC submitted comments on Feb. 25 to the CMS on proposals for HPSA prioritization, PRA and FTE count resets, and other issues of interest to AAMC members.

  • Feb. 25, 2022
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Testimony & Correspondence

The AAMC submitted comments on Feb. 25 to the CMS on proposals for HPSA prioritization, PRA and FTE count resets, and other issues of interest to AAMC members.

  • Feb. 25, 2022
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AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, testified at a Feb. 15 House subcommittee hearing on the role of physician immigration in U.S. health care.

  • Feb. 18, 2022
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a proposed rule for the PPGMER on Feb. 4 funding 100 new residency positions at sites that treat VA patients.

  • Feb. 11, 2022
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Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus (CAMC)

The CAMC is a bipartisan group of Members of Congress that seeks to promote and recognize the important role that medical schools, teaching hospitals, and faculty physicians play to improve the health of people everywhere.

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Advocacy Coalitions

The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research supports enhancing the federal investment in the biomedical, behavioral, and population-based research conducted and supported by the NIH.

The GME Advocacy Coalition (GMEAC) is a group of organizations dedicated to the expansion and preservation of Medicare-supported graduate medical education.

The HPNEC advocates for continued support for the health professions and nursing workforce development programs critical to providing continued services to underserved and minority communities.

The FOVA is a diverse coalition representing national academic, medical, and scientific societies; voluntary health and patient advocacy groups; and veteran-focused associations.

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AAMC Action – Let’s Raise Our Voices Together

We are a community of students, residents, researchers, faculty members, physicians, and others who advocate on behalf of academic medicine to improve the health of people everywhere.

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