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TEACHING HEALTH CENTER (THC) GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (GME) PAYMENT PROGRAM

TEACHING HEALTH CENTER GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM - CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE – CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS INTERNAL MEDICINE PROGRAM IS A NEW THCGME APPLICANT, AND AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY DUE TO ITS STATUS AS A COMMUNITY-BASED AMBULATORY PATIENT CARE CENTER THAT HAS BEEN PART OF A GME CONSORTIUM FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS THAT OPERATES AN ACCREDITED PRIMARY CARE RESIDENCY PROGRAM. THE INTERNAL MEDICINE (IM) PROGRAM WAS FIRST ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) ON FEBRUARY 24, 1950 (ACGME PROGRAM #1402531202). INFORMATION ON THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM CAN BE VIEWED AT MED.CMICH.EDU/RESIDENCY. THE IM RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE/CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS IS PART OF A GME CONSORTIUM WHICH INCLUDES TWO COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, A UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL AND CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS, AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. THESE NEW IM RESIDENT POSITIONS WILL BE MAINTAINED AT THE CMU HEALTH RIVERFRONT AMBULATORY PRIMARY CARE CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES THAT INCLUDE PRIMARY CARE AND HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR THE UNDERSERVED RURAL AND URBAN POPULATIONS IN MICHIGAN. THE IM CLINIC HOUSES THE OFFICES FOR THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, COORDINATOR AND OTHER FACULTY WHO MANAGE THE PROGRAM. THE PRIMARY IN-PATIENT CLINICAL SITE IS ASCENSION ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, CARING FOR HIGH ACUITY, LOW-RESOURCED PATIENTS AND IS A COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER, ALSO SPECIALIZING IN STRUCTURAL HEART CARE AND CANCER CARE. THE HOSPITAL AND CLINIC ARE IN A PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL AND MENTAL HEALTH HPSA AREA, SPECIFICALLY IN A REGION OF SAGINAW WITH AN UNDER-RESOURCED, MINORITY POPULATION. THE TOTAL FTE POSITIONS REQUESTED TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM FOR ALL YEARS OF TRAINING IS 6 (2-2-2). THE FTE POSITIONS REQUESTED TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM FOR AY 2022-2023 IS 2 (2-0-0). WITH THIS COMMITMENT, CMEP HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND UPON ITS MISSION TO TRAIN DIVERSE AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT PHYSICIANS, FOCUSED ON IMPROVING ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE IN MICHIGAN, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

TEACHING HEALTH CENTER (THC) GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (GME) PAYMENT PROGRAM

RURAL RESIDENCY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE – CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS (PARTNERS) IS A NEW RPPD APPLICANT, AND AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY DUE TO ITS STATUS AS A GME CONSORTIUM FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS THAT OPERATES AN ACCREDITED PRIMARY CARE RESIDENCY PROGRAM. THE FAMILY MEDICINE (FM) PROGRAM WAS FIRST ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) ON DECEMBER 3, 1969 (ACGME PROGRAM #1202531174). INFORMATION ON THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM CAN BE VIEWED AT MED.CMICH.EDU/RESIDENCY. THE FM RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE/CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS IS PART OF A GME CONSORTIUM WHICH INCLUDES TWO COMMUNITY HOSPITALS (COVENANT HEALTHCARE AND MYMICHIGAN SAGINAW), A UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL (CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE) AND PARTNERS, AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. THE PROPOSED RURAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM TRACK WILL TAKE PLACE IN AN AFFILIATED CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL, SCHEURER HEALTH, WHICH HAS NEVER HAD GME PROGRAMS. THESE NEW FM RESIDENT POSITIONS WILL BE MAINTAINED AT THE CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL IN A RURAL AREA FOR MORE THAN 51% OF THEIR TRAINING WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES THAT INCLUDE PRIMARY CARE AND HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR THE UNDERSERVED RURAL POPULATIONS IN THE THUMB AREA OF MICHIGAN. PARTNERS HOUSES THE OFFICES FOR THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, COORDINATOR AND OTHER FACULTY WHO MANAGE THE PROGRAM. SCHEURER HOSPITAL WILL BECOME RURAL RESIDENTS’ CONTINUITY CLINIC CARING FOR HIGH ACUITY, LOW-RESOURCED PATIENTS, OVERSEEN BY AN EXPERIENCED RURAL FAMILY PHYSICIAN SITE DIRECTOR WHO WILL BECOME A CORE FACULTY MEMBER IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM. THE CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL AND CLINICS ARE IN A PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL AND MENTAL HEALTH HPSA AREA, AND A MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA SPECIFICALLY FOR LOW-INCOME POPULATION. THE TOTAL FTE POSITIONS REQUESTED FOR EXPANSION FROM THE ACGME FOR ALL YEARS OF TRAINING IS 6 (2-2-2). OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE FOR THE PATIENTS IN MICHIGAN’S THUMB REGION?BY EXPANDING THE RURAL PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE THROUGH RESIDENCY TRAINING. OUR PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASUREMENT WILL REFLECT OUR GOAL – THE PERCENT OF RTP-TRAINED RESIDENTS THAT REMAIN WITHIN THE RURAL COMMUNITY OF MICHIGAN. WITH THIS COMMITMENT TO RURAL HEALTH, PARTNERS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND UPON ITS MISSION OF ADVANCING HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION, INNOVATIVE RESEARCH, QUALITY PATIENT CARE AND STRATEGIC COLLABORATIONS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES.

TEACHING HEALTH CENTER GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM - CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE – CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS PSYCHIATRY PROGRAM IS A NEW THCGME APPLICANT, AND AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY DUE TO ITS STATUS AS A COMMUNITY-BASED AMBULATORY PATIENT CARE CENTER THAT HAS BEEN PART OF A GME CONSORTIUM FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS THAT OPERATES AN ACCREDITED PRIMARY CARE RESIDENCY PROGRAM. THE PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY PROGRAM WAS FIRST ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) ON JULY 1, 2014 (ACGME PROGRAM #4002500308). INFORMATION ON THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM CAN BE VIEWED AT MED.CMICH.EDU/RESIDENCY. THE PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE/CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS IS PART OF A GME CONSORTIUM WHICH INCLUDES TWO COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, A UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL AND CMU MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERS, AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. THESE NEW PSYCHIATRY RESIDENT POSITIONS WILL BE MAINTAINED AT THE CMEP BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES THAT INCLUDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE FOR THE PEDIATRIC AND ADULT UNDERSERVED RURAL AND URBAN POPULATIONS IN MID-MICHIGAN. THE CMEP FACILITIES HOUSE THE OFFICES FOR THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, COORDINATOR AND OTHER FACULTY WHO MANAGE THE PROGRAM. THE PRIMARY HOSPITAL CLINICAL SITE IS HEALTHSOURCE SAGINAW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICINE CENTER, CARING FOR HIGH ACUITY, LOW-RESOURCED PATIENTS AND IS A COMPREHENSIVE CENTER WITH ADULT, CHILD AND GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND A CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY CENTER. THE HOSPITAL AND CLINIC ARE IN A PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL AND MENTAL HEALTH HPSA AREA, SPECIFICALLY IN A REGION OF SAGINAW WITH AN UNDER-RESOURCED, MINORITY POPULATION. THE TOTAL FTE POSITIONS REQUESTED TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM FOR ALL YEARS OF TRAINING IS 4 (1-1-1-1). THE FTE POSITIONS REQUESTED TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM FOR AY 2022-2023 IS 1 (1-0-0-0). WITH THIS COMMITMENT, CMEP HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND UPON ITS MISSION TO TRAIN DIVERSE AND CULTURALLY COMPETE NT PHYSICIANS, FOCUSED ON IMPROVING ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE IN MICHIGAN, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON IMPROVED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.