Medical Education/Teaching Hospitals
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today advanced legislation to reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Children鈥檚 Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program, and federal workforce development programs for nurses and health professionals.
Background
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 imposed caps on the number of residents for which each teaching hospital is eligible to receive Medicare direct graduate medical education (DGME) and indirect medical education (IME) reimbursement. These caps have remained in place and have generally only鈥
Thirty-five organizations representing a wide range of health care professions and medical specialties yesterday filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to maintain the injunction that restricted travelers from certain countries entering the United States.
Limiting work shifts to 16 hours generally makes first-year medical residents more satisfied with their training and work-life balance, but their training directors more dissatisfied with curtailed educational opportunities.
A record 31,899 medical school seniors and graduates were matched to U.S. residency positions today through the National Resident Matching Program, 1,421 more than last year.
The AHA and seven other national organizations today urged Congress to 鈥渙ppose any unwarranted legislative attempts that would undermine the successful efforts by the medical community and professional training organizations to create a unified accreditation system for graduate medical education.鈥
AHA, others express strong support for the ongoing efforts toward a unified graduate medical education accreditation system, and strongly oppose any legislative attempt to undo the success of this system.
Teaching hospitals train future health care professionals, conduct medical research and fulfill a distinct and vital role in delivering patient care. While many hospitals offer comprehensive care, our nation鈥檚 1,041 teaching hospitals also deliver sophisticated diagnostic and treatment services
The Health Resources and Services Administration this week awarded $285 million to 58 children鈥檚 hospitals through its Children鈥檚 Hospitals Graduate Medical Education payment program in fiscal year 2017. 鈥淐HGME funding enables hospitals to train pediatric residents to meet the needs of our鈥
Please contact your legislators and urge them to co-sponsor the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 (S. 1301/H.R. 2267).