HHS awards $320 million to expand primary care workforce
KEY - “Primary Care Residency Expansion (PCRE) - $167.3 million
The PCRE program funds 82 accredited primary care residency training programs to increase the number of residents trained in general pediatrics, general internal medicine, and family medicine. Grantees will use the 5-year grant to provide stipend support for new enrollees in 3-year primary care residency training programs. By 2015, the program will support the training of 889 new primary care residents over the number currently being trained and more than 500 of these residents will have completed their training. “ ONE PROBLEM: Medical Students DO NOT WANT to go to Primary Care Residencies! Hello…. is anyone at HHS listening? Typical top-down regulation… again, another reason to never expect real solutions from Congress. And so the existing hamster-wheel primary care dilemma continues… with HHS asking more Med Students to join, thanks but I’ll pass. Grassroots wins every time.
