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Second Opinion
Learn about policy issues important to medical schools and teaching hospitals, with Executive Vice President Atul Grover, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Medical Education (GME)
DGME | IME | CHGME | Resident Caps | Workforce
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 Committees Explore VA Legislative and Budget Proposals
April 20, 2018
Two House Committees April 17 held hearings on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issues. The House VA Committee convened to hear testimony on pending legislation, while the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military, Construction, and VA (MilCon-VA) held a Member Day hearing on the President’s Budget for FY 2019.
House Committees Explore VA Legislative and Budget Proposals
House Panel Examines HRSA Workforce and Rural Health Programs
April 13, 2018
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies April. 12 held a fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget hearing titled “Investments in our Health Workforce and Rural Communities.”
House Panel Examines HRSA Workforce and Rural Health Programs
House and Senate Lawmakers Propose Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic
April 13, 2018
House and Senate committees continued their focus on the opioid epidemic this week.
House and Senate Lawmakers Propose Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic
House Passes ‘Right to Try’ Legislation
March 23, 2018
The House March 21 passed the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act (H.R. 5247), on a largely party-line vote of 267-149.
House Health Subcommittee Examines President’s FY 2019 Budget Request
March 16, 2018
The Health Subcommittee of the House Veterans Affairs (VA) Committee March 15 held a hearing on the President’s FY 2019 budget request for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Testifying were representatives from four veterans service organizations (VSOs) and Dr. Carolyn Clancy of the Veterans Health Administration.
House Health Subcommittee Examines President’s FY 2019 Budget Request
Understanding GME
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Preserving GME Funding
Whether it’s an emergency or a serious illness requiring complex care, when life is on the line you can count on America’s teaching hospitals. But can they count on the funding they need from Congress?
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Testimony and Correspondence
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Higher Education Community Letter to Congressional Leadership in Support of FY18 Omnibus
March 22, 2018
Community letter signed by 39 higher education organizations, and coordinated by the American Council on Education, thanking House and Senate leadership for their commitment to student aid and scientific research in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018.
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AAMC Letter Responding to House Committee Inquiry on Opioid Policy Recommendations
March 19, 2018
Letter from AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., responding to House Ways and Means Committee request for input on potential policy strategies to address the opioid epidemic.
Date: March 19, 2018
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Community Letter to the Senate HELP Committee Regarding HEA Reauthorization
March 13, 2018
Community letter sent by the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions (FASHP) to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee outlining policy priorities in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.