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For Immediate Release: September 11, 1998
Contact: Rusty Jabour

Medicare Commission’s
Graduate Medical Education (GME)
Study Group to Meet on Tuesday, September 15

WASHINGTON (September 11) -- The Graduate Medical Education (GME) Study Group of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare will meet on Tuesday, September 15, in Washington, D.C., Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) and Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) announced today.

The meeting is open to the public. The 17-members of the national Commission established three task forces -- Modeling, Reform, and Restructuring -- and the GME Study Group to examine various aspects of Medicare and to advise the full Commission about their findings and analyses.

The Graduate Medical Education Study Group is examining Medicare’s role in GME and is chaired by Commissioner Bill Frist.

Topics:           GME funding mechanisms / accountability of teaching institutions
Speaker:        Dr. Jordan Cohen, President, Association of American Medical
                       Colleges
Date / Time:  Tuesday, September 15, 1998 / 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Location:       Russell Senate Office Building, Room 301, Washington, D.C.