"Many of the plans to cut the federal budget deficit would drastically reduce the roughly $10 billion in federal support for so-called graduate medical education. Earlier proposals recommended changes that could reduce some support by 30 percent."
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January 14, 2012
American Medical News
December 26, 2011
"Starting in 2012, the National Resident Matching Program will administer a new system to link unmatched students with unfilled residency positions."
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers
December 14, 2011
"Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Rural Health Caucus, introduced the Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act today. This bipartisan bill would promote the training of primary care doctors in rural communities by allocating a portion of Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding go toward the implementation of a pilot project."
The Lancet
December 2011
"With the 100th anniversary of Flexner's seminal report on medical education, The Lancet published guidelines by a global independent Commission that aimed to establish a 21st-century vision for the education of health professionals. As young doctors, we applaud the Commission for moving beyond professional silos to new models of interprofessional collaboration. But there should be more emphasis on service and social mission in health professionals' training."
Tags: Social Mission
The Washington Post
November 14, 2011
"The Obama administration will announce Monday as much as $1 billion in funding to hire, train and deploy health-care workers, part of the White House’s broader 'We Can’t Wait' agenda to bolster the economy after President Obama’s jobs bill stalled in Congress."
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Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers
December 14, 2011
"Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Rural Health Caucus, introduced the Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act today. This bipartisan bill would promote the training of primary care doctors in rural communities by allocating a portion of Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding go toward the implementation of a pilot project."
American Medical News
December 5, 2011
"Lawmakers again find themselves with less than a month to pass legislation to stop a steep decrease in Medicare payments to physicians. Doctors are in the familiar situation of facing severe pay cuts brought on by Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula. On Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services is set to start paying claims for Medicare services at 27.4% less than 2011 rates."
Kaiser Health News
November 21, 2011
"The failure of the congressional super committee could mean automatic budget cuts totaling billions of dollars for everything from Medicare to biomedical research, starting in 2013. But some health care interests stand to fare better than others."
Tags: Health Care Reform
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
October 20, 2011
"People with Medicare will be able to benefit from a new program designed to encourage primary care doctors, specialists, hospitals, and other health care providers to coordinate their care under a final regulation issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Created by the Affordable Care Act, these final rules on Accountable Care Organizations add to the menu of options for providers looking to better coordinate care for patients and will make it easier for providers to deliver high quality care and use health care dollars more wisely."
Tags: Health Care Reform, Health Centers
Healthcare.gov
October 20, 2011
"People with Medicare will be able to benefit from a new program designed to encourage primary care doctors, specialists, hospitals, and other care providers to coordinate their care under a final regulation on Accountable Care Organizations issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)."
Tags: Health Care Reform, Health Centers
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