Graduate Medical Education
An appropriate supply of well‐educated and trained physicians is an essential element to ensure access to quality health care services for all Americans. Unfortunately, the nation is facing a serious shortage of physicians, particularly as baby boomers age. And while medical schools in the U.S. have increased their enrollments, and additional medical and osteopathic schools have been established, the number of Medicare-funded resident positions has been capped by law. The solution for increasing physician numbers involves not only increasing medical-student class size and the number of medical schools but also increasing the number of funded residency positions. All payors of health care — including the federal government, states and private payors — benefit from graduate medical education. To ensure an adequate supply of physicians, organized neurosurgery continues to petition Congress to maintain Medicare’s current financial support of graduate medical education and encourage all other payers to contribute to graduate medical education (GME) programs.
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Letters
Published: October 9, 2018
Dear Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray: On behalf of organizations dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children andadolescents, we write to urge you to reauthorize loan repayment […]
Letters
Published: October 12, 2017
Dear Chairman Burgess and Ranking Member Green: On behalf of organizations dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children andadolescents, we write to urge you to include support for […]
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SUBJECT: H.R. 2267 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act Dear Representatives Crowley and Costello, On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons, we are writing to […]
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SUBJECT: S. 1301, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act Dear Senators Nelson, Heller and Schumer, On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons, we are writing […]
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SUBJECT: H.R. 2373, Medical Residency Training Accreditation Dear Representatives Kelly and Buchanan, On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), we are writing […]
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Dear Senator Cassidy and Senator Collins, As the authors of the Patient Freedom Act (S. 191) and as leaders in developing patient-focused health care policy,the Alliance of Specialty Medicine writes […]
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Dear Mr. Chairman, Thank you for inviting the Alliance of Specialty Medicine to provide comments and recommendations related tothe Senate Finance Committee’s effort to produce patient-focused health care legislation. The […]
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SUBJECT: Health Care Reform Dear Chairman Hatch: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), we are writing to offer our thoughts on […]
Article
Published: January 1, 2017
OverviewAn appropriate supply of well-educated and trained physicians — both in specialty and primary care — isessential to ensure access to quality health care services for all Americans. Unfortunately, the […]
Letters
Dear Senators Blunt and Reed and Representatives Collins and Courtney: On behalf of organizations dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children andadolescents, we write to endorse H.R. 1859/S. […]
Letters
Published: March 18, 2016
Dear Representative Castor: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal health care policythat fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care. […]
Article
Published: January 14, 2016
Comments of theSociety of Neurological SurgeonsAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryAmerican Association of Neurological SurgeonsCongress of Neurological Surgeonsto theAccreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educationon the subject ofACGME Review of Resident DutyHours […]
Article
Published: February 17, 2015
Institute of Medicine’s Report: Graduate MedicalEducation That Meets the Nation’s Health NeedsOrganized Neurosurgery’sResponse On July 29, 2014, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report, Graduate Medical EducationThat Meets the […]
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Re: Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute CareHospitals and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System andProposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for SpecificProviders Dear […]
Letters
Published: January 31, 2014
Dear Ms. Burwell: On behalf of organizations dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children and adolescents,we write to thank you for your consistent support for the Pediatric Subspecialty […]
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RE: Support of S. 1152, the “Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act” Dear Senators Reed and Blunt: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is […]
Letters
Published: April 10, 2013
Dear Chairman Harkin, Chairman Kingston, Ranking Member Moran, and Ranking Member DeLauro: We write to you out of concern that the number of pediatric mental health specialists, pediatric medicalsubspecialists, and […]
Letters
Published: February 8, 2013
RE: Support of S. 236, the “Medicare Patient Empowerment Act” Dear Senator Murkowski: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for soundfederal health care policy […]
Letters
Published: February 1, 2013
Dear Mr. Zients: On behalf of organizations dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children andadolescents, we write to you thank you for the Administration’s previous support for the […]
Article
Published: January 1, 2013
REFORMING THE REFORM ABOLISH THE INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD (IPAB)Established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the IPAB is a 15-member government board whosemembers are appointed by […]
Article
Published: January 1, 2013
If there’s no doctor,what will you do? Reducing the deficit is essential but America is running out of doctors. The nation faces a projected shortage of 90,000 doctors—fromprimary care physicians […]
Letters
Published: December 19, 2012
Statementof theAmerican Association of Neurological SurgeonsAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryCongress of Neurological SurgeonsSociety of Neurological Surgeonsbefore theInstitute of MedicineOn the Subject ofEnsuring an Adequate Neurosurgical Workforcefor the 21st Century Ensuring […]
