A recent blog post by ECG Management Consultants discusses the Medicare GME-affiliated group agreements and how teaching hospitals may share cap space between organizations.
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on ECG's website.
CMS provides the majority of funding for graduate medical education (GME) in the United States. For cost-containment purposes, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 imposed a limit or “cap” on the number of residency positions (or slots) the Medicare program will fund. The new teaching hospital exception, however, allows hospitals that were not training residents as of 1996 to establish a new resident cap, increasing the total number of Medicare-funded residency slots across the country. Click here to continue>>
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