Guides/Reports
Working from Home during COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many physicians are working from home, using their personal computers and mobile…
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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Case Studies
Statistics on physician suicide and burnout served as the impetus for ChristianaCare in Newark, Del., to create the Center for WorkLife Wellbeing, which builds…
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Letter/Comment
AHA recommends to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a number of actions that the agency could take as part of its calendar year 2020…
Letter/Comment
AHA letter to Representative Terri Sewell expressing support for the the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763), a bill that…
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…