AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan
With nearly half of all U.S. physicians experiencing burnout, along with nurses and other care team members, the financial costs to the field are mounting. A…
Fact Sheet: The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019
The Issue
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) payments. These caps have remained in place and have generally only been adjusted as a result of certain limited and one-time programs.
AHA Position
The AHA supports the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763/S. 348), which would increase the number of residency positions eligible for Medicare DGME and IME support by 15,000 slots above the current caps.
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Letter/Comment
AHA recommends CMS actions to reduce burden of clinical documentation.
Letter/Comment
AHA letter to Representative Terri Sewell expressing support for the the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763).
To help clinicians address social determinants of health (SDoH) within a framework that maximizes their skills while helping organizations systemically…
Letter/Comment
AHA urges the Senate to co-sponsor the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019
(S. 348), a bipartisan bill, authored by Senators Menendez, Boozman…
Letter/Comment
AHA letter to Senator Robert Menendez expressing support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, legislation that would add 15,000 Medicare-funded…