House E&C Looks For Feedback Before Considering GME Reforms

A bipartisan group of House Energy & Commerce members is asking hospitals and other stakeholders for feedback on how to reform graduate medical education. The lawmakers, led by health subcommittee Chair Joe Pitts (R-PA) and ranking Democrat Frank Pallone (D-NJ), say next session they plan to review the Institute of Medicine's recommended overhaul of GME. “Federal contributions, primarily under Medicare financing -- have been the principal source of funds for graduate medical education (GME) in this country, and no other...