DESIGNED FOR 

Medical Students, Residents, Advisors, those involved GME and Medicare funding and reimbursements. 

OVERVIEW AND BENEFITS

This updated guide helps explain the Medicare reimbursement rules related to graduate medical education (GME), and it incorporates recent changes in law and regulation. This guide helps its readers be in a better position to assess the impact of decisions related to their GME, from choosing a program to changing specialties and pursuing fellowships.

This brochure covers:

•         What are Medicare and Medicaid?
•         Does Medicare have a role in financing graduate medical education?
•         What do I need to know about how Medicare pays hospitals?
•         Which training programs does Medicare support?
•         What are limits on the number of residents for which Medicare will pay a hospital?
•         How does a hospital count its residents for purposes of Medicare reimbursement?
• What is an initial residency period, and how is it determined?

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This publication is provided at no cost by the AAMC to advance medical education. 

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