GAO: 70% of teaching hospitals are self-funding residency slots

American Hospital Association June 22, 2021

In response to a request from Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., the General Accountability Office yesterday released a report examining graduate medical education funding’s ability to meet the nation’s physician workforce needs, which found that in 2018, 70% of U.S. teaching hospitals were self-funding residency slots above the statutory limits set in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

Stakeholders told GAO that extending the five-year window for hospitals to establish and grow new GME programs could result in more residents training at some hospitals, but it...

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