Reminder: Senators Seek Feedback on Bipartisan Proposal to Improve GME Policy
Published June 10, 2024
By AACOM Government Relations
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- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR), and seven bipartisan members of the committee will receive comments on their proposal to improve Medicare GME through June 24, 2024.
- The proposal seeks to address physician workforce shortages across the country, strengthen infrastructure for rural hospitals and improve GME transparency, among a host of other issues.
- Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) are members of the bipartisan working group.
- AACOM will be providing comments to ensure prioritization of osteopathic training and priorities and encourages individual COMs to do the same. Please contact aacomgr@aacom.org if you wish to provide feedback to help inform our comments.