Medical Education/Teaching Hospitals
More than 100 members of Congress signed a letter submitted Dec. 12 to the Department of Education on concerns about the department’s proposal to omit post-baccalaureate nursing degrees from the regulatory definition of “professional degree” as part of a student loan rule.
Medical school enrollment reached 100,723 for 2025-2026, crossing the six-digit mark for the first time, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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The AHA and a coalition of 42 national organizations yesterday urged the Department of Homeland Security to exempt international medical graduates with J-1 visas from changes to the agency’s “duration of status” designation. Current policy allows those individuals to stay in the U.S. for the…
The AHA urged the Department of Homeland Security today to maintain “duration of status” as an authorized period of stay for the nearly 17,000 physicians nationwide with J-1 visas who are participating in residency and fellowship programs.
The AHA Sept. 24 expressed support for the Medical Student Education Authorization Act (H.R. 5428), legislation introduced in the House Sept. 17 that would authorize a federal program to award grants to public institutes of higher education to expand or support graduate education for physicians. It…
AHA expreses support for the Medical Student Education Authorization Act (H.R. 5428).
The American Hospital Association (AHA) expresses support for legislation, H.R. 3890, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. This bipartisan bill would add 14,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over seven years, thereby helping to alleviate ongoing physician shortages that…
The Department of Health and Human Services March 7 announced that it is investigating four unnamed medical schools and hospitals for workforce discrimination. The department said the investigations were in response to allegations received by the HHS Office of Civil Rights that certain…
AHA comments on draft Medicare graduate medical education (GME) reform package (KEL24743 MP2).