AAOS Now / Issue
Peter Pollack
"Residents provide a significant amount of care to patients with orthopaedic injuries and musculoskeletal conditions," noted J. Benjamin Jackson, MD. When the attending is not present, much of that care goes unbilled. Currently, resident education is funded by Medicare and the host institution. "The Balanced Budget Act of 1996 froze funding for graduate medical education (GME), so any new resident openings have been funded by individual hospitals.
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