VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical Education and Residency (PPGMER) - AR01

Section 403 of the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-182) mandated that VA create a pilot program to establish additional graduate medical education (GME) physician residency placement positions at certain covered facilities. The pilot program will place no fewer than 100 resident physicians at covered facilities (sites) operated by Indian tribe or tribal organization (25 USC 5304), Indian Health Service, Federally-Qualified Health Centers (42 USC 1396d(1)(2)(B)) and Department of Defense. Participants in this pilot program are required by the statute to collect and provide VA with programmatic data. VA is required to include this information in an annual report to Congress until the program terminates on August 7, 2031. The information will be collected by the GME sponsoring institutions and the physician residents they place in the participating covered facilities. The sponsors themselves will determine the best method for collection of the necessary data depending on their own resources and staffing. The information to be collected will include required elements, such as number of patients seen per day by each resident placed in a covered facility, for the annual report on implementation of the pilot program submitted by VA to Congress.

The latest form for VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical Education and Residency (PPGMER) - AR01 expires 2026-12-31 and can be found here.

Physician Resident Data Collection

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