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Residency slots

Positions in a medical residency program where recent medical school graduates receive advanced training in a specialty like internal medicine, surgery, or pediatrics. These slots are often funded by Medicare.

Medicare program

A federal health insurance program for people 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease. It also funds a significant portion of graduate medical education (residency training) in the U.S.

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act

The specific section of federal law that established and governs the Medicare program.

Redistribution of residency slots

The process by which medical residency training positions, usually funded by Medicare, are reallocated to other hospitals or programs when a hospital that previously held those slots closes.

Underserved Areas

Geographic areas or populations that lack sufficient access to healthcare services, often due to a shortage of healthcare professionals.