Seven hospitals and health systems across Georgia will receive $1.2 million in state funds to create residency programs, according to an Athens Banner-Herald/Morris News Service report.
The University System of Georgia's Board of Regents voted to disburse the funds to the organizations, which will be used to teach 278 physicians and, potentially, a total 400 in future years.
The hospitals will have to use their own funds to pay residents, but the state's funds will help the hospitals receive proper accreditation and Medicare approval as graduate medical education programs, according to the report.
Organizations approved for GME funding are Athens Regional Medical Center, St. Mary's Health Care System in Athens, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie and South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta.
The University System of Georgia's Board of Regents voted to disburse the funds to the organizations, which will be used to teach 278 physicians and, potentially, a total 400 in future years.
The hospitals will have to use their own funds to pay residents, but the state's funds will help the hospitals receive proper accreditation and Medicare approval as graduate medical education programs, according to the report.
Organizations approved for GME funding are Athens Regional Medical Center, St. Mary's Health Care System in Athens, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie and South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta.
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