March 4, 2020: Today, The Physician Shortage Cap Flex Act of 2020 ("The Cap Flex Act") was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives (HR 6090) and...

In the final FY 2020 Appropriations bill, Congress has resoundingly indicated its support for Cap Flexibility.

Today, the Senate Labor HHS Appropriations Subcommittee released their draft FY 2020 appropriations bill which includes cap flexibility language. The inclusi...

We are proud to announce that the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) has signed onto the Cap-Flex Coalition! The Medical Association of Georgia boasts mor...

The House today passed, on a 226 to 203 vote, a package of fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills. The package consists of four bills that fund federal depart...

The Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) introduced a resolution at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates call...

Representatives of the CapFlex Coalition travel to Baltimore to Present to the CMS Hospital and Ambulatory Payment Group Members of the CapFlex Coalition met...

The AAFP encourages CMS to provide flexibility in the time allowed for new teaching hospitals to establish their cap for primary care residents in those area...

Senators John Barrasso, MD (WY-R) and Catherine Cortez-Masto (NV-D) led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, urging the d...

Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez (NJ-D) joined Senators John Barrasso (WY-R) and Catherine Cortez-Masto (NV-D) in urging Secretary of Health and Human Services ...

In June 2018 the Coalition added a new member with the addition of the National Association for State Mental Health Program Directors. The Coalition is now ...

In June 2018, the Texas Hospital Association submitted comments in response to CMS’ proposed FY2019 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) rul...

On June 15, 2018, the Mississippi Hospital Association (MHA) published an Op Ed by CapFlex Coalition member David Pizzimenti of Magnolia Regional Health Cent...

Congressmen Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36-D) and Congressman Larry Bucshon (IN-08-R), both physicians and members of the important U.S. House of Representatives En...

In April 2018, the CapFlex Coalition met with CMS’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to discuss the CapFlex proposal. Attendees shared thei...

On January 2, 2018, MedPage Today published an article titled, “Coalition Backs Plan for Flexible Residency-Building Window” outlining the CapFlex Coalition’...

The AMA urges CMS to allow exceptions to the CMS funding-cap deadline for new teaching hospitals adversely impacted by the physician workforce shortage. At a...