Alliance of Specialty Medicine Letter to the Senate Bipartisan GME Group

RE: Comments on draft legislation to improve the Medicare GME program

Dear Senators Cassidy, Cortez Masto, Cornyn, and Bennet:

The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the “Alliance”) represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians and surgeons across 16 specialty and subspecialty societies and is deeply committed to improving access to specialty medical care through the advancement of sound health care policy. As patient and physician advocates, the undersigned organizations appreciate your efforts to advance Medicare graduate medical education (GME) proposals to address health care workforce shortages and gaps. We appreciate the opportunity to provide feedback on your draft legislation to improve the Medicare GME program. As specialty physicians, our comments are focused on the distribution of Medicare GME slots to rural areas, critical specialty shortages, and the establishment of a Medicare GME Policy Council.