Medicare: Graduate Medical Education Payment Policy Needs to Be Reexamined
HEHS-94-33
Published: May 04, 1994. Publicly Released: May 12, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed Medicare financing for graduate medical education (GME), focusing on: (1) how Medicare compensates hospitals for GME costs; and (2) the extent of Medicare's support for primary care and nonprimary care physicians' GME.
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