AHA-supported graduate medical education bill reintroduced in Senate鈥€€€€�
A bipartisan group of senators recently reintroduced the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (S. 1302), AHA-supported legislation that would increase by 14,000 the number of Medicare-funded residency positions to help alleviate physician shortages that threaten patients鈥� access to care.鈥赌赌赌�&苍产蝉辫;
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The bill would add 2,000 positions per year for seven years, targeting a portion of these positions to: hospitals already training over their caps; hospitals in rural areas; hospitals in states with new medical schools or branch campuses; and hospitals serving areas designated as health professional shortage areas.鈥赌赌赌�&苍产蝉辫;
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鈥淵our legislation responsibly addresses the nation鈥檚 urgent need for additional physicians,鈥� AHA said in a letter to the bill鈥檚 sponsors, Sens. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., John Boozman, R-Ark., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Susan Collins, R-Maine. 鈥淲e applaud you as well for directing the Government Accountability Office to recommend to Congress strategies for increasing the diversity of the health professional workforce.鈥濃€赌赌赌�&苍产蝉辫;
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Reps. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., reintroduced the bill in the House last month.鈥€�