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Neurosurgery Joins the Alliance for Specialty Medicine in Commenting on Draft Legislation to Improve Medicare GME Program

  • Graduate Medical Education
  • The Honorable Bill Cassidy, MD
    455 Dirksen Senate Office Building
    United States Senate
    Washington, DC 20510
  • The Honorable Catherine Cortez Masto
    520 Hart Senate Office Building
    United States Senate
    Washington, DC 20510
  • The Honorable John Cornyn
    517 Hart Senate Office Building
    United States Senate
    Washington, DC 20510
  • The Honorable Michael Bennet
    261 Russell Senate Office Building
    United States Senate
    Washington, DC 20510

RE: Comments on draft legislation to improve the Medicare GME program

Dear Senators Cassidy, Cortez Masto, Cornyn, and Bennet:

The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the “Alliance”) represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians and surgeons across 16 specialty and subspecialty societies and is deeply committed to improving access to specialty medical care through the advancement of sound health care policy. As patient and physician advocates, the undersigned organizations appreciate your efforts to advance Medicare graduate medical education (GME) proposals to address health care workforce shortages and gaps. We appreciate the opportunity to provide feedback on your draft legislation to improve the Medicare GME program. As specialty physicians, our comments are focused on the distribution of Medicare GME slots to rural areas, critical specialty shortages, and the establishment of a Medicare GME Policy Council.

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