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For Immediate Release: September 17, 1998
Contact: Rusty Jabour

Medicare Commission’s Graduate Medical Education (GME) Study Group Announces Meetings

WASHINGTON (September 17) -- The Graduate Medical Education (GME) Study Group of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare has set a series of meetings for the next three Tuesdays in Washington, D.C., Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) and Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) announced today.

The meetings are 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, chaired by Commissioner Bill Frist, has met twice and has scheduled three more meetings as it continues to examine Medicare’s role in GME.

• Tuesday, September 22, 1998; 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
  Room SC-5, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
  Topics: The interaction of Medicare GME funds with federal workforce goals, the numbers of residency slots, the mix of specialist and generalist training slots, and funding for international medical graduates.

• Tuesday, September 29, 1998; 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
  Room SC-5, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
  Topic: GME funding in children’s hospitals and for advanced practice nurses.

• Tuesday, October 6, 1998; 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
  Room 430, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.
  Topic: "Safety net" funding, such as disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments.