Financing of emergency medicine graduate medical education programs in an era of declining Medicare reimbursement and support.
In May 2004, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) National Affairs Committee was tasked with evaluation of graduate medical education (GME) funding in the face of declining Medicare reimbursement and support, and its implications for emergency medicine. This article was developed to educate the SAEM membership on the current status and climate of funding for GME and to serve as the basis of a position statement from SAEM on this topic. The paper presents the history and background on GME financing followed by currently known changes from the recently signed Medicare Act of 2003.
Baumann
Michael R
MR
Department of Emergency Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME 04102, USA. baumam@mmc.org
Vadeboncoeur
Tyler F
TF
Schafermeyer
Robert W
RW
D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States