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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.
AAMC Responds to Bipartisan Policy Center Rural Health Comment Solicitation
September 13, 2019
The AAMC commented on the Bipartisan Policy Center’s request for comment on rural workforce, GME, and opportunities for rural participation in new delivery models.
AAMC Responds to Bipartisan Policy Center Rural Health Comment Solicitation
HRSA Awards $20 Million in Grants to Create New Rural Residency Programs
July 19, 2019
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) July 18 announced awardees for its Rural Residency Planning and Development Program (RRPD) grants. HRSA awarded up to $750,000 to 27 recipients across 21 states, totaling $20 million.
HRSA Awards $20 Million in Grants to Create New Rural Residency Programs
HRSA Releases Notice of Funding Opportunity for THCGME Program
June 21, 2019
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) June 13 announced a notice of funding opportunity for the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program.
The THCGME Program supports the education and training of residents and new or expanded primary care residency training programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers, particularly in rural and underserved communities.
HRSA Releases Notice of Funding Opportunity for THCGME Program
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
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.
Learn more about the GME and the physician shortage
Medicare Payments for GME: What Every Medical Student, Resident, and Advisor Needs to Know
On Government Affairs
Testimony and Correspondence
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AAMC Joins Higher Education Group in Protecting Graduate Student Loans
July 15, 2019
The AAMC July 15 joined 32 higher education organizations in a letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee advocating to protect federal investment in graduate and professional student loans.
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AAMC Joins Higher Groups in GradPLUS Letter to Senate HELP Leadership
June 26, 2019
The AAMC June 26 joined 18 other higher education groups in a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in support of protecting the Federal Direct Graduate Plus (GradPLUS) program.
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Group Letter Urging Senate to Pass Kiddie Tax Fix
June 21, 2019
AAMC June 21 joined the higher education community in urging Senate leadership to pass legislation that fixes the “kiddie tax.”