Policy
Last Batch of New Residency Spots Doled Out by CMS
The Brief
- CMS has allocated the final 200 of 1,000 additional residency positions that Congress created about five years ago.
- Medical groups responded by calling for more federally funded residency spots to address workforce shortages.
- The source reports this allocation as the last batch of the program's positions.
Why it matters
Residency slots determine how many physicians can complete graduate medical training in the US, so the allocation of federally funded positions affects the future physician supply.
Who’s affected
- physicians and medical residents
- hospitals and teaching programs
- medical groups and workforce policy stakeholders
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(MedPage Today) -- As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) doled out the final 200 of an additional 1,000 residency positions created by Congress 5 years ago, medical groups called for more federally funded spots to mitigate workforce...
Timeline
CMS allocated the final 200 of an additional 1,000 residency positions
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Last Batch of New Residency Spots Doled Out by CMS