Medical Education/Teaching Hospitals
A record 16,932 U.S. medical school seniors were matched to first-year residency positions today through the National Resident Matching Program, 533 more than last year. A total of 30,212 first- and second-year positions were offered, including more than 600 new first-year positions, half of…
The AHA today urged lawmakers to refrain from altering the Medicare graduate medical education financing structure to reduce direct or indirect payments to hospitals that train physicians and other health care professionals for the demands of a changing health care environment.
AHA responds to Representative Joseph Pitts' Graduate Medical Education open letter.
Teaching Hospitals: Vital for Tomorrow's Health Care
On November 2, the CMS released the outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) final rule for calendar year\(CY\) 2011. This rule implements provisions enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 \(ACA\), including several policies…