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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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AAMC Response to Healthy Futures Task Force Modernization Subcommittee RFI

AAMC Response to Healthy Futures Task Force Modernization Subcommittee RFI

  • March 6, 2022
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CMS Releases Updated Guidance on Medicaid Eligibility and Redeterminations

On March 3, CMS released updated guidance regarding redeterminations of Medicaid beneficiary eligibility at the end of the public health emergency.

  • March 4, 2022
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AAMC, Stakeholders Urge Congress to Discuss Medicare Physician Payment Reforms

The AAMC joined other provider and health care stakeholder organizations in a Feb. 25 letter urging Congress to discuss Medicare physician payment reforms.

  • March 4, 2022
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House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Mental Health Crisis in Health Care Workers

The House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on March 2 addressed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care providers and patients.

  • March 4, 2022
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AAMC, Health Care Groups Urge Congress to Extend Medicare Sequester Moratorium

The AAMC joined health care stakeholders in a Feb. 28 letter to congressional leadership urging them to extend the moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequester.

  • March 4, 2022
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