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Graduate Medical Education (GME)
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Resident physicians have graduated from medical school and typically spend three to seven years in graduate medical education (GME) training at teaching hospitals and their associated ambulatory settings. AAMC member teaching hospitals educate the next generation of physicians through excellent and essential clinical training.
The Medicare program is committed to paying its share of the costs of educating residents and provides special payments, called direct graduate medical education (DGME) payments, to hospitals to cover costs directly related to educating residents.
The Medicare program also provides special patient care payments to teaching hospitals, referred to as indirect medical education (IME) payments, to account for the higher costs of the complex patients teaching hospitals treat and the highly specialized care they provide.
Cuts to GME funding would jeopardize the ability of medical schools and teaching hospitals to train physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, as well as limit critical services to the community.
House Small Business Committee Holds Hearing on Medical Education Debt
June 14, 2019
The House Small Business Committee June 12 held a hearing, “The Doctor is Out. Rising Student Loan Debt and the Decline of the Small Medical Practice,” addressing the effect of medical student debt on small private practices.
House Small Business Committee Holds Hearing on Medical Education Debt
HRSA Releases Notice of Funding Opportunity for CHGME Payment Program
June 7, 2019
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) May 24 announced a notice of funding opportunity for the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program.
HRSA Releases Notice of Funding Opportunity for CHGME Payment Program
AAMC Joins Health Organizations’ FY 2020 Funding Recommendation Letters
April 19, 2019
The AAMC April 8 joined a community letter to Senate and House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee leaders, advocating a fiscal year (FY) 2020 appropriation of $400 million for Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME).
AAMC Joins Health Organizations’ FY 2020 Funding Recommendation Letters
Over 65 Organizations Sign Letter in Support of GME Expansion
April 12, 2019
The AAMC April 10, along with 66 supporting organizations, sent a letter to members of Congress in support of the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348/ H.R. 1763). The letter reflects a diverse number of stakeholders, including physician, hospital, and specialty organizations.
Over 65 Organizations Sign Letter in Support of GME Expansion
President Trump Releases FY 2020 Budget Proposal
March 15, 2019
The White House March 11 released portions of A Budget for A Better America, the president’s fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget proposal, with additional details expected the week of March 18.
Understanding GME
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America Needs More Doctors. Congress Can Help.
Our nation is aging and so are our doctors. By 2032, the U.S. could be short 122,000 physicians unless Congress acts soon to increase funding to train more doctors.
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Medicare Payments for GME: What Every Medical Student, Resident, and Advisor Needs to Know
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Testimony and Correspondence
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AAMC Statement to the House Small Business Committee Regarding Medical Education Debt and Decline of Small Medical Practices
June 11, 2019
The AAMC June 12 submitted a statement for the record to the House Small Business Committee regarding the hearing “The Doctor is Out. Rising Student Loan Debt and the Decline of the Small Medical Practice.”
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Community Comments on the Department of Labor’s Overtime Pay Requirements
May 21, 2019
The AAMC May 21 joined the higher education community in commenting on the Department of Labor’s notice of proposed rulemaking regarding overtime pay requirements.
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Higher Education Community Letter in support of House FY 2020 Labor-HHS-ED Bill
May 7, 2019
The AAMC May 7 joined the higher education community in a letter to House appropriators expressing support for the FY 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies draft bill.