BUTLER COUNTY, Iowa, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced Iowa Methodist Medical Center (UnityPoint) will receive additional Medicare funds to cover added graduate medical education (GME) residency positions in emergency medicine. The positions are a result of a 2020 law (https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Health,%2012-21-20,%20Section%20by%20section%20Medicare,%20Medicaid,%20Human%20Services%20policy%20extensions.pdf) Grassley championed as then-Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to support Iowa's growing health care workforce needs.
This is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) fourth round of residency funding. Iowa has been awarded f...