Year: 2015
Resolution Number: 72
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): Mouhanad Hammami, MD
Sponsor: Mouhanad Hammami, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: B (Legislation)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS lobby the Michigan Legislature and Governor’s Office to require that all Medicaid Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding to hospitals be earmarked and spent for GME purposes only; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS lobby the Michigan Legislature and Governor’s Office to require that the current Medicaid Graduate Medical Education funding to hospitals be replaced with a new formula of paying the hospitals and institutions for direct medical education expenses (i.e., resident salaries and benefits, faculty salaries, program support staff, and hospital overhead) for additional slots exceeding the Medicare funding cap only; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS lobby the Michigan Legislature and Governor’s Office to encourage Graduate Medical Education funding for innovative residency programs to promote access to patient care in urban and rural areas and in specialties with limited patient access.
RESOLVED: That MSMS lobby the Michigan Legislature and Governor’s Office to require that all Medicaid Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding to hospitals be earmarked and spent for GME purposes only; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS lobby the Michigan Legislature and Governor’s Office to require that the current Medicaid Graduate Medical Education funding to hospitals be replaced with a new formula of paying the hospitals and institutions for direct medical education expenses (i.e., resident salaries and benefits, faculty salaries, program support staff, and hospital overhead) for additional slots exceeding the Medicare funding cap only; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS lobby the Michigan Legislature and Governor’s Office to encourage Graduate Medical Education funding for innovative residency programs to promote access to patient care in urban and rural areas and in specialties with limited patient access.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Reform Michigan Medicaid GME Funding
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