Physician Workforce
Be Well is about improving the health of clinicians and reducing administrative burden.
Lee Sacks, M.D., chief medical officer for Advocate Aurora Health, will receive the Health Research & Educational Trust's 2018 TRUST Award July 26 at the AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego.
Innovation Leadership Challenge: Collaborating to Improve Hospital Flow, Save Lives and Reduce Costs
Date: July 25, 2018
Time: 8:00- 5:00 p.m. PT
AHA responds to the CMS Request for Information on direct provider contracting.
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House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joseph Crowley (D-NY) said we 鈥渘eed to act now鈥 to address the expected shortage of physicians and 鈥渢hat starts with keeping our teaching hospitals strong so you can train the next generation of physicians.鈥
AHA trustee on physician leadership, health equity and combatting violence.
Committee on Clinical Leadership MembersSylvain "Syl" Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN, Chair, is Providence's System Chief Nursing Of
Also in this week鈥檚 roundup: New research shows millennials are more apt to use non-traditional ways to engage with the health care system, and large study offers more evidence of a link between traumatic brain injuries and dementia later in life.
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