Pursuit's Take
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), “Federal agencies and state Medicaid agencies spent over $16.3 billion in 2015 to fund graduate medical education (GME) training for physicians—commonly known as residency training.” While federal agencies collect information to manage their programs, this information is not enough to understand whether the federal investment in GME training meets national physician workforce needs.
GAO says “Comprehensive information is needed to identify gaps between federal GME programs and national physician workforce needs—particularly the distribution of physicians geographically or across specialties—and to make or recommend to Congress changes to improve the efficient and effective use of federal funds to meet those needs.”
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