CMS distributed 200 additional Medicare-supported graduate medical education slots to 99 hospitals in 31 states.
The new slots were created by Congress under Section 126 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, according to a Nov. 9 Association of American Medical Colleges news release. The number of Medicare-supported residency positions have been capped since the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, and over the past 30 years, Congress has expanded residency slots twice in 2021 and 2023, the release said. Section 126 represents a broader, multiyear expansion that will distribute 1,000 new residency slots nationwide over five years.
“While this final distribution represents a meaningful step forward, our country remains in desperate need of additional, permanent residency positions to help alleviate the persistent physician workforce shortage,” AAMC President and CEO David Skorton, MD, said in the release. “We look forward to working with policymakers to build on this momentum to ensure every community gets the care it needs.”
Of the new positions, about 42% will go to primary care and psychiatry residency programs.
Here are the 99 hospitals receiving residency slots, along with the residency program and their direct and indirect payment allotments:
| State | Hospital | Residency program | Direct GME payments (FTE) | Indirect medical education payments (FTE) |
| Alabama | Baptist Medical Center South (Montgomery) | Psychiatry | 3.46 | 3.46 |
| Alabama | University of Alabama Hospital (Birmingham) | Surgery | 0 | 2 |
| Alabama | USA Health University Hospital (Mobile) | Neurology | 0 | 3.77 |
| Alabama | Princeton Baptist Medical Center (Birmingham) | Transitional Year | 0 | 0.58 |
| Arizona | Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Neurology | 3.42 | 3.42 |
| Arizona | Yuma Regional Medical Center | Family Medicine | 0 | 3 |
| Arizona | Valleywise Health (Phoenix) | Anesthesiology | 2.15 | 0 |
| Arizona | Banner University Medical Center – Tucson | Neurological Surgery | 2.36 | 2.36 |
| Arizona | Banner Desert Medical Center (Mesa) | Neurology | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| California | Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Surgery | 4 | 4 |
| California | KFH – Sacramento | Psychiatry | 3.12 | 0 |
| Colorado | University of Colorado Hospital Authority (Aurora) | Neurology | 2.41 | 2.41 |
| Delaware | Christiana Care Health System (Newark) | Rheumatology | 1.83 | 0 |
| Delaware | Bayhealth Medical Center (Dover) | Surgery | 4.77 | 4.77 |
| Florida | Orlando Health | OB-GYN | 4 | 4 |
| Florida | Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami) | Psychiatry | 1.76 | 0 |
| Florida | Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital (Pensacola) | Internal Medicine | 2.69 | 2.69 |
| Florida | Broward Health Medical Center (Fort Lauderdale) | OB-GYN | 3.08 | 0 |
| Florida | Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus (Hialeah) | Internal Medicine | 3 | 3 |
| Florida | Sarasota Memorial Hospital | Internal Medicine | 0 | 3 |
| Florida | Southern Baptist Hospital of FL (Jacksonville) | Pediatrics | 2.13 | 2.09 |
| Florida | HCA Florida Aventura Hospital | Psychiatry | 3.65 | 3.83 |
| Georgia | Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Albany) | Family Medicine | 3 | 3 |
| Georgia | Wellstar MCG Health (Augusta) | Internal Medicine | 2.21 | 2.21 |
| Georgia | Emory University Hospital Midtown (Atlanta) | Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery | 0.90 | 0.90 |
| Georgia | Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center (Macon) | OB-GYN | 4 | 0 |
| Idaho | St Lukes Nampa Medical Center | Family Medicine | 0 | 2.26 |
| Illinois | St. Francis Medical Center (Peoria) | OB-GYN | 3.83 | 3.83 |
| Illinois | University of Chicago Medical Center | Neurological Surgery | 5 | 3.64 |
| Illinois | Swedish Hospital (Chicago) | Psychiatry | 1.08 | 0.50 |
| Illinois | Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) | Otolaryngology | 3.20 | 3.20 |
| Illinois | University of Illinois Hospital (Chicago) | Surgery | 2.01 | 0 |
| Illinois | Riverside Medical Center (Kankakee) | Psychiatry | 0 | 0.95 |
| Indiana | Indiana University Health (Indianapolis) | Pediatrics | 2.85 | 2.85 |
| Kansas | Salina Regional Health Center | Family Medicine | 0 | 1.48 |
| Kansas | University of Kansas Hospital Authority (Kansas City) | Pathology | 2.80 | 2.80 |
| Kansas | Wesley Medical Center (Wichita) | Anesthesiology | 0 | 0.15 |
| Kentucky | Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center | Internal Medicine | 0.88 | 0.88 |
| Massachusetts | Baystate Medical Center (Springfield) | Psychiatry | 3.74 | 3.92 |
| Michigan | Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals (St. Joseph) | Emergency Medicine | 2.82 | 2.77 |
| Michigan | McLaren Bay Region (Bay City) | Internal Medicine | 0 | 3 |
| Michigan | Regents of the Univ. of Michigan-Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor) | Pediatric Gastroenterology | 0 | 2 |
| Michigan | Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit) | Neurological Surgery | 2.82 | 0 |
| Michigan | Henry Ford St. John Hospital (Detroit) | Anesthesiology | 3.50 | 0 |
| Minnesota | St. Cloud Hospital | Psychiatry | 0 | 0.51 |
| Minnesota | Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis) | Hematology and Medical Oncology | 2.31 | 2.31 |
| Minnesota | University of Minnesota Medical Center (Minneapolis) | Surgery | 2.01 | 2.01 |
| Minnesota | Children’s Health Care (Minneapolis) | Child Neurology | 0.92 | 0 |
| Mississippi | Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle (Columbus) | Internal Medicine | 2 | 1.95 |
| Missouri | UH TMC (Kansas City) | Emergency Medicine | 2.31 | 2.31 |
| Missouri | St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City | Radiology-Diagnostic | 2.23 | 2.23 |
| Montana | Billings Clinic | Psychiatry | 4 | 0 |
| Nevada | Renown Regional Medical Center (Reno) | OBGYN | 0 | 4 |
| New Mexico | University of New Mexico Hospital (Albuquerque) | Vascular Surgery – Integrated | 4.50 | 4.50 |
| New York | Bronxcare Health System (New York City) | Psychiatry | 4 | 0 |
| New York | Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City) | Neurological Surgery | 4.77 | 5 |
| New York | Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (New York City) | Emergency Medicine | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| New York | New York Presbyterian Hospital | Otolaryngology | 0 | 4.17 |
| New York | Elmhurst Hospital (New York City) | Psychiatry | 0 | 3.92 |
| New York | South Brooklyn Health (New York City) | Anesthesiology | 0 | 2.33 |
| New York | Metropolitan Hospital (New York City) | Anesthesiology | 2.67 | 0 |
| New York | SUNY Upstate Medical University (Syracuse) | Internal Medicine | 1.93 | 1.93 |
| New York | University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital | Neurology | 0 | 3.88 |
| New York | Woodhull Medical Center (New York City) | Internal Medicine | 2.96 | 2.96 |
| New York | St. Barnabas Hospital (New York City) | Orthopedic Surgery | 3.50 | 0 |
| North Carolina | Atrium Health Cabarrus (Concord) | Family Medicine | 3 | 3 |
| North Carolina | Cape Fear Valley Health (Fayetteville) | Surgery | 0 | 4.81 |
| North Carolina | Pitt County Memorial Hospital (Greenville) | Surgery | 3.63 | 3.63 |
| North Carolina | North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Winston-Salem) | Interventional Radiology – Integrated | 4.60 | 4.83 |
| North Carolina | WakeMed Raleigh Campus | Internal Medicine | 0 | 3 |
| North Carolina | The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (Greensboro) | Internal Medicine | 2.94 | 0 |
| North Carolina | Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte) | Psychiatry | 3.83 | 0.75 |
| North Carolina | Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center (Wilmington) | Internal Medicine | 0 | 3 |
| North Carolina | Halifax Regional Medical Center (Roanoke Rapids) | Surgery | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| Ohio | University of Cincinnati Medical Center | Internal Medicine | 2.48 | 2.48 |
| Ohio | Summa Health (Akron) | Cardiovascular Disease | 3 | 0 |
| Ohio | St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital | Family Medicine | 2.50 | 2.62 |
| Ohio | Kettering Health Dayton | Hand Surgery | 0.89 | 0 |
| Ohio | Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati) | Surgery | 1.65 | 0 |
| Ohio | The Christ Hospital (Cincinnati) | Family Medicine | 2.47 | 0 |
| Ohio | Bethesda Hospital (Cincinnati) | Surgery | 1.41 | 1.01 |
| Ohio | Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus) | Pediatrics | 2.92 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | OU Medicine (Oklahoma City) | Psychiatry | 0 | 2.71 |
| Oregon | Oregon Health & Science University (Portland) | Family Medicine | 2.80 | 0 |
| South Carolina | Prisma Health Richland Hospital (Columbia) | Surgery | 0 | 3.67 |
| South Carolina | GHS Greenville Memorial Hospital | Psychiatry | 4 | 3.10 |
| Tennessee | Baptist Memorial Hospital Huntingdon | Family Medicine | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| Tennessee | Shelby County Health Care (Memphis) | Internal Medicine | 1 | 1 |
| Tennessee | St. Francis Hospital-Memphis | Family Medicine | 2.75 | 1.07 |
| Texas | Parkland Health (Dallas) | Addiction Medicine | 1.80 | 1.80 |
| Texas | Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas) | Surgery | 2.67 | 2.67 |
| Texas | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas) | Interventional Radiology – Integrated | 2.50 | 2.50 |
| Texas | UT Health Tyler | Surgery | 0 | 4.58 |
| Texas | HCA Healthcare Corpus Christi Medical Center | Interventional Cardiology | 0 | 1 |
| Virginia | Carilion Medical Center (Roanoke) | Psychiatry | 2 | 2 |
| Washington | Skagit Valley Hospital (Mount Vernon) | Internal Medicine | 0 | 2.38 |
| Washington | Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center (Spokane) | Pediatrics | 2.92 | 0 |
| West Virginia | St. Mary’s Medical Center (Huntington) | Anesthesiology | 1.33 | 1.33 |
| West Virginia | Cabell Huntington Hospital | Anesthesiology | 2.33 | 2.33 |
