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Securing Ohio's Healthcare Future: A Call to Strengthen GME Investment

Sep 10, 20243 min read

Securing Ohio's Healthcare Future: A Call to Strengthen GME Investment

A Critical Investment for Ohio’s Healthcare Future Graduate Medical Education (GME) plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of...

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Margot Flowers

Aug 20, 20242 min read

CMS 2025 IPPS Final Rules

On August 1, CMS released the FY 2025 IPPS Final Rules. As mentioned in a previous blog, Potential GME Impact Following CMS 2025 IPPS...

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Comments on Section V. F.3. Proposed Modifications to the Criteria for New Residency Programs and Requests for Information

Scott Masin, MBA

May 28, 202416 min read

Comments on Section V. F.3. Proposed Modifications to the Criteria for New Residency Programs and Requests for Information

Germane's comments on the proposed modifications to the criteria for new residency programs and requests for information.

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200 Additional Funding Slots Available for New or Expanding Programs: Section 4122 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act

Scott Masin, MBA

Apr 18, 20242 min read

200 Additional Funding Slots Available for New or Expanding Programs: Section 4122 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act

Germane Solution has exciting news to share from the recent CMS 2025 IPPS Proposed Rules. In evaluating the positive feedback and...

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Cap Available for Redistribution to Teaching Hospitals – Section 5506 Rounds 21 and 22

Scott Masin, MBA

Apr 16, 20241 min read

Cap Available for Redistribution to Teaching Hospitals – Section 5506 Rounds 21 and 22

As part of the 2025 IPPS Proposed Rules released on April 10, 2024, CMS announced two recent hospital closures which will utilize the Sectio

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Potential GME Impact Following CMS 2025 IPPS Proposed Rules

Scott Masin, MBA

Apr 15, 20242 min read

Potential GME Impact Following CMS 2025 IPPS Proposed Rules

On April 10, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the 2025 IPPS Proposed Rules. There are several new proposed rules which...

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Impact on GME Funding: DGME Penalty Removal and New State Funding Mechanisms

Scott Masin, MBA

Mar 28, 20242 min read

Impact on GME Funding: DGME Penalty Removal and New State Funding Mechanisms

Recent adjustments to Medicare funding in Graduate Medical Education (GME) are reshaping the way institutions are leveraging funding...

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Maximizing Learning Environments: The Benefits of MGMEAAs

Scott Masin, MBA

Jan 31, 20241 min read

Maximizing Learning Environments: The Benefits of MGMEAAs

With an impressive 402 hospitals actively participating in these agreements, Germane Solutions wants to review the benefits that arise from

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Germane Solutions

Aug 11, 20232 min read

FY 2024 Final IPPS Rules Published

In April of this year, the FY 2024 Proposed IPPS Rulings brought forth several adjustments that would beneficially impact the Graduate...

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Medicare GME Affiliation Agreements: Criteria, Optimization, & Benefits to the Learning Environment

Jon Scaglione, CPA

Apr 24, 20233 min read

Medicare GME Affiliation Agreements: Criteria, Optimization, & Benefits to the Learning Environment

Medicare GME affiliation agreements (MGMEAA) are agreements that are leveraged between two or more teaching hospitals to optimize...

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Jon Scaglione, CPA

Apr 24, 20232 min read

FY 2024 IPPS GME Update

The FY 2024 Proposed IPPS Rulings, brought forth several adjustments that would beneficially impact the Graduate Medical Education (GME)...

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Rural Emergency Hospitals’ (REHs) Impact on GME

Jon Scaglione, CPA

Apr 19, 20233 min read

Rural Emergency Hospitals’ (REHs) Impact on GME

Germane Solutions has summarized the 2024 IPPS Proposed Ruling regarding Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) to highlight the impact that...

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FY 2024 IPPS Update Regarding Rural Floor Implications

Jon Scaglione, CPA

Apr 18, 20234 min read

FY 2024 IPPS Update Regarding Rural Floor Implications

Germane Solutions remains committed to providing annual IPPS updates to our valued clients and GME stakeholders to better assist in your...

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FY 2024 IPPS Update Regarding Rural Designation and Capital DSH

Jon Scaglione, CPA

Apr 18, 20232 min read

FY 2024 IPPS Update Regarding Rural Designation and Capital DSH

Germane Solutions remains committed to providing annual IPPS updates to our valued clients and GME stakeholders to better assist in your...

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Round 20—Section 5506 Redistribution of GME FTEs Announced

Jon Scaglione, CPA

Apr 18, 20231 min read

Round 20—Section 5506 Redistribution of GME FTEs Announced

Notice of Closure of St. Vincent Charity Medical Center (CCN 360037) Located in Cleveland, OH and the Application Process—Round 20...

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COVID-19’s Effect on Graduate Medical Education Funding and Operations

Scott Masin, MBA

Mar 14, 20233 min read

COVID-19’s Effect on Graduate Medical Education Funding and Operations

Though hospitals and health systems across the country are continuing to feel the lingering effects of the global pandemic, the COVID-19...

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