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.
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- National Resident Matching Program
- Neurosurgery Urges Senate to Fund Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program 08.25.20
- Neurosurgery Asks CMS for DGME Cap Deadline Extension 081320
- Neurosurgery Requests Funds for Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program-House Letter 3.23.20
- Neurosurgery Requests Funds for Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program-Senate Letter 3.23.20
- Neurosurgery Endorses Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program 10.24.19
- Neurosurgery Graduate Medical Education Overview 6.24.19
- Neurosurgery Joins Other Medical Groups in Sending Letter Urging Members of Congress to Cosponser S.348, H.R. 1763, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act 4.10.19
- Neurosurgery Sends Letter of Support to Reps. Sewell and Katko for H.R. 1763, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act 032019
- Neurosurgery Sends Letter of Support to Sens. Menendez, Boozman and Schumer for S. 348, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act 3.4.19
- Neurosurgery Joins Other Medical Groups to Urge Congress to Reauthorize the Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program 02.01.19
- Neurosurgery Sends Letter of Support to Sens. Alexander and Murray for Bipartisan Efforts to Develop Health Care Reform Legislation 10.23.17
- Neurosurgery Joins Other Medical Groups in Sending Letter to Chairman Burgess and Ranking Member Green Urging for Loan Repayment for Pediatric Subspecialists 10.12.17
- AANS and CNS Sends Letter Rep. Kelly and Buchanan Regarding H.R. 2373, Medical Residency Training Accreditation 7.12.17
- Fact Sheets on Graduate Medical Education
- AANS and CNS Sends Letter to Senators Nelson, Heller and Schumer Regarding S. 1301, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act 7.12.17
- AANS and CNS Sends Letter to Rep. Crowley and Costello Regarding H.R. 2267 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act 7.12.17
- AANS and CNS Join the Alliance in Sending Comments to Sens. Cassidy and Collins Regarding Health Reform 5.26.17
- Neurosurgery joins the Alliance in Sending Comments to Sen. Hatch Regarding Health Reform 5.23.17
- AANS and CNS Send Letter Regarding Health Reform to Sen. Hatch 5.22.17
- AANS/CNS Urge Congress to Preserve Funding for GME 11.20.13 (PDF)
- AANS/CNS Letter of Support to Sens. Roy Blunt and Jack Reed for the Building a healthcare Workforce for the Future Act – 06.13.13 (PDF)
- AANS/CNS Urge Congress to Make the Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program a National Priority (PDF)
- Neurosurgery Supports AAMC Ad Promoting GME Funding (PDF)
- Letter to Senator Murkowski discussing the Medicare Patient Empowerment Act (PDF)
- AANS/CNS 2013 Legislative Agenda (PDF)
- AANS/CNS Send Letter to OMB Regarding Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment