Navigating the complex system of Medicare is confusing enough; but simultaneously learning to comprehend Medicare and renal physiology? Forget about it! Newly updated for the 2013 year, and packed with relevant ACA-tidbits, this publication by the AAMC is an exceptionally important and valuable resource that every medical student should know about. It's only 11 pages long, and formatted in a helpful bullet-pointed Q&A format. Below I've included both a link to the AAMC website as well as a direct PDF download from this page. Check it out because it's ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶f̶f̶e̶c̶t̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶ affecting you right now.
Sample questions include:
3. Why is it important for a medical student to understand how Medicare pays hospitals for DGME?
7. How does a hospital count residents to receive money from Medicare?
9. Can you give an example of what these rules mean in determining how much DGME funding the hospital will receive?
12. I completed a year of clinical training after medical school, and now I am fulfilling a military commitment. How does the
IRP limit affect me?
From Ally Anderson of the AAMC:
Sample questions include:
3. Why is it important for a medical student to understand how Medicare pays hospitals for DGME?
7. How does a hospital count residents to receive money from Medicare?
9. Can you give an example of what these rules mean in determining how much DGME funding the hospital will receive?
12. I completed a year of clinical training after medical school, and now I am fulfilling a military commitment. How does the
IRP limit affect me?
From Ally Anderson of the AAMC:
The AAMC just published an updated version of its guide entitled Medicare Payments for Graduate Medical Education: What Every Medical Student, Resident and Advisor Needs to Know. (This updates the version last published in 2006.) The brochure briefly describes how Medicare pays teaching hospitals for graduate medical education and discusses the impact that the payment system may have on an individual resident.
Medicare Payments for Graduate Medical Education (2013).pdf |