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AHA, Others to Congress: Oppose Attempts to Undo Unified GME Accreditation System

The AHA and seven other national organizations today urged Congress to “oppose 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.”

Number of medical students from rural areas down 28% over 15 years

The number of incoming medical students from rural backgrounds — a strong predictor a future physician will practice in a rural community — declined 28% between 2002 and 2017 to 852.

Senate companion to Opioid Workforce Act introduced

Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, yesterday introduced the Senate companion to the Opioid Workforce Act.

AHA urges MedPAC to release hospital-level impact of potential IME changes

AHA yesterday urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to release a “more granular assessment of the hospital-level impacts” of its potential changes to the Indirect Medical Education program.

Senate appropriators release FY 2020 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill

According to a committee summary, the draft bill would provide $93.4 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, an increase of $2.9 billion over FY 2019.

MedPAC discusses indirect medical education payments, readmissions

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday and today discussed a number of issues.
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AHA to Sen. Klobuchar Expressing Support of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act of 2017

AHA letter expressing support for the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act of 2017.