{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.smith.senate.gov/u-s-senators-amy-klobuchar-tina-smith-announce-new-medicare-funded-residency-slots-for-minnesota-addressing-physician-workforce-shortage/", "U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith Announce New Medicare-funded Residency Slots for Minnesota, Addressing Physician Workforce Shortage", "2024-12-05", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "MN", "Tina Smith", "S001203", "www.smith.senate.gov", "tinasmith", "https://www.smith.senate.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "MINNEAPOLIS, MN \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-MN) announced additional medical residency slots in five Minnesota teaching hospitals. The slots were created in the 2022 budget law supported by both Senators. The law authorized funding 1,000 new residency slots across the country over a five-year period to combat the nation\u2019s physician shortage by training new providers. 69 of Minnesota\u2019s 87 counties are health professional shortage areas, and nearly 30% of Minnesota physicians are within retirement range.\n\n200 additional slots are awarded funding every year, and these five Minnesota hospitals were selected for the most recent round:\n\nHennepin County Medical Center, Emergency Medicine\n\nCentraCare St. Cloud Hospital, Pediatrics\n\nAbbott Northwestern Hospital, Neurology\n\nUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center, Child Neurology\n\nChildren\u2019s Minnesota, Pediatric Neurology\n\n\u201cHospitals across Minnesota face a shortage of physicians, which is why I worked to secure this federal funding to invest in our state\u2019s healthcare workforce. This funding means we can develop talent right here in Minnesota to better meet the needs of patients and to strengthen our healthcare system,\u201d said Senator Klobuchar.\n\n\u201cWe need to train more physicians, simple as that. This is a good start. I\u2019m glad we were able to secure funding for additional residencies at five hospitals in Minnesota this year,\u201d said Senator Smith. \u201cWe pride ourselves on providing world class health care in our state, but that\u2019s only possible thanks to the incredible physicians and physicians-in-training who work here. We need to support them, and part of that means making sure we are training enough doctors to handle patient demand without burning out our physicians. This funding gets us one step closer to making that a reality.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis new funding is crucial in the University of Minnesota Medical School\u2019s collaborative efforts to address the critical workforce shortage in child neurology and rural pediatrics across Minnesota, and ultimately provide improved care for these young patients,\u201d said Dr. Bradley Benson, Chief Academic Officer at M Health Fairview and professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. \u201cThese efforts would not be possible without our partners at M Health Fairview Masonic Children\u2019s Hospital, Children\u2019s Minnesota, Gillette Children\u2019s Hospital, CentraCare and Hennepin County Medical Center.\u201d\n\nHennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota Medical Center also were selected for awards last year for Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, respectively. Decisions on which hospitals receive new slots are made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS prioritized hospitals with training programs in geographic areas demonstrating the greatest need for additional providers. The newly awarded residency positions will be effective July 1, 2025.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.smith.senate.gov/u-s-senators-amy-klobuchar-tina-smith-announce-new-medicare-funded-residency-slots-for-minnesota-addressing-physician-workforce-shortage/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7080880459398031, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}