Notice2024-30076
Meetings of the Council on Graduate Medical Education
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Published
December 19, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces that the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME or Council) will hold public meetings for the 2025 calendar year (CY). Information about COGME, agendas, and materials for these meetings can be found on the COGME website at: https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory- committees/graduate-medical-edu.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103842-103843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30076]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Meetings of the Council on Graduate Medical Education
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
notice announces that the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME
or Council) will hold public meetings for the 2025 calendar year (CY).
Information about COGME, agendas, and materials for these meetings can
be found on the COGME website at: <a href="https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu">https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu</a>.
DATES: COGME meetings will be held on:
<bullet> April 10, 2025, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. eastern time (ET) and April
11, 2025, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. ET.
<bullet> September 11, 2025, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. ET and September 12,
2025, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. ET.
ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held in-person, by teleconference, and/or
on a video conference platform. In-person meetings will be held at 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. For updates on how the
meetings will be held, instructions for joining meetings, and any other
updates, visit the COGME website 30 business days before the date of
the meeting at <a href="https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu/meetings">https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu/meetings</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Rogers, Designated Federal
Officer, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health
Workforce, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15N39, Rockville, Maryland
20857; 301-443-5260; or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ebb8b9848c8e9998ab8399988ac58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1645447971736465567e64657738717960">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: COGME provides advice and recommendations
to the Secretary of HHS and Congress on policy, program development,
and other matters of significance regarding the issues listed in
section 762(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act. Issues addressed by
the COGME include the supply and distribution of the physician
workforce in the United States, including any projected shortages or
excesses, issues related to foreign medical school graduates, the
nature and financing of undergraduate and graduate medical education,
appropriation levels for certain programs under title VII of the Public
Health Service Act, and deficiencies in databases concerning the supply
and distribution of the physician workforce and postgraduate programs
for training
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physicians. COGME submits reports not less than every 5 years to the
Secretary of HHS; the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions; and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and
Commerce. Additionally, COGME encourages entities providing graduate
medical education to conduct activities to voluntarily achieve the
recommendations of the Council related to appropriate efforts to be
carried out by hospitals, schools of medicine, schools of osteopathic
medicine, and accrediting bodies with respect to the supply and
distribution of physicians in the United States; current and future
shortages or excesses of physicians in medical and surgical specialties
and subspecialties; and issues relating to foreign medical school
graduates, including efforts for changes in undergraduate and graduate
medical education programs.
Since priorities dictate meeting times, be advised that start
times, end times, and agenda items are subject to change. For CY 2025
meetings, agenda items may include, but are not limited to: discussions
on team-based care and the Senate Finance Committee's Medicare Graduate
Medical Education draft policy document. Refer to the COGME website
listed above for all current and updated information concerning the CY
2025 COGME meetings, including agendas and meeting materials that will
be posted 30 calendar days before the meeting.
Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide
comments. Public participants may submit written statements in advance
of the scheduled meeting. Oral comments will be honored in the order
they are requested and may be limited as time allows. Requests to
submit a written statement or make oral comments to COGME should be
sent to Shane Rogers using the contact information above at least 5
business days before the meeting date. Individuals who need special
assistance or another reasonable accommodation should notify Shane
Rogers using the contact information listed above at least 10 business
days before the meeting(s) they wish to attend. Since all in-person
meetings will occur in a federal government building at 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, attendees must go through a security check
to enter the building. Members of the public must notify the Designated
Federal Officer of their intent to attend the in-person meeting 10
business days before the meeting. Non-U.S. citizen attendees must
notify the Designated Federal Officer of their planned attendance at
least 20 business days prior to the meeting to facilitate their entry
into the building. All attendees are required to present government-
issued identification prior to entry.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-30076 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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