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HHS reports on pandemic’s impact on clinician shortages, mental health

The COVID-19 pandemic has put extreme stress on the health care workforce in the United States, HHS reports.

Hospitals and health systems add 18,300 jobs in July

Hospitals and health systems employed 18,300 more people in July, as U.S. jobs overall increased by 943,000, according to preliminary data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

GAO: 70% of teaching hospitals are self-funding residency slots

The General Accountability Office released a report that found that in 2018, 70% of U.S. teaching hospitals were self-funding residency slots above the statutory limits set in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

HRSA releases resources to help organizations develop rural residency programs

The Health Resources and Services Administration has released a roadmap and other resources to help organizations develop residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine and psychiatry to address physician shortages in rural communities.

Leadership Rounds with Dr. Mindy Estes and Dr. Rodney F. Hochman

Please join AHA Board Chair Melinda Estes, M.D., for the eleventh in a series of Leadership Rounds — short conversations on a range of key issues Dr. Estes will have with hospital and health system leaders from across the country. Dr. Estes was joined by Rodney F. Hochman, M.D., President and CEO, Providence St. Joseph Health and Chair Elect Designate of the AHA, to discuss how hospitals can move from relief, recovery, and rebuilding to reimagining and innovation.

HRSA awards $319 million for programs serving clinician shortage areas

The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded $319 million in fiscal year 2019 funding to support scholarship and loan repayment for medical, dental and behavioral health clinicians and students who serve in underserved rural, urban and tribal communities through the National Health Service Corps.

HRSA updates Health Professional Shortage Areas

The Health Resources and Services Administration this week announced its Health Professional Shortage Areas for primary care, mental health and dental care as of May 1.

America’s Hospitals and Health Systems Dedicated to Patients

America’s hospitals and health systems are dedicated to doing everything possible for patients, particularly when they need emergency care and as a place for refuge during disaster.

America’s hospitals and health systems dedicated to patients

America’s hospitals and health systems are dedicated to doing everything possible for patients, particularly when they need emergency care and as a place for refuge during disaster.

Fact Sheet: The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019

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.