Issue: Explore opportunities to align J-1 visa requirements with existing workforce programs Issue: Support reducing green card backlogs for physicians draft Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Issue: Inform Congress and the Administration regarding the value of international medical graduates (IMGs), as a quarter of the US physician workforce, particularly in underserved communities and primary care specialties. Address legislation that would marginalize IMGs. Issue: Educate policymakers regarding ECFMG certification as a baseline for physician licensure; inform the development of additional licensing models. Issue: Inform reauthorization of HRSA physician well-being programs. S.266, H.R.929 - Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act Issue: Explore the establishment of programs that help IMGs navigate the U.S. medical residency and licensure process, including legislation to create a HRSA grant program. draft Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act Issue: Inform graduate medical education (GME) policy. draft bipartisan Senate Medicare GME proposal draft Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023
Issue: Inform policy regarding the quality of international medical education.