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Tuesday, October 15, 2002		 CONTACT: HRSA PRESS OFFICE
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HHS Awards More Than $276 Million to Children's Teaching Hospitals
to Ensure Quality Health Care for America's Children

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the final installment in a series of biweekly payments totaling more than $276 million to 59 children’s teaching hospitals to help them educate and train the nation’s physician workforce.

The fiscal year 2002 payments are intended to provide financial support for independent children’s teaching hospitals similar to that provided through Medicare to other teaching hospitals. Because independent children's teaching hospitals do not serve the elderly, they receive virtually no graduate medical education funds (GME) through Medicare, which supports more than 1,000 other U.S. teaching hospitals with more than $7 billion. HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration oversees the children’s hospitals GME program.

“Our children deserve the best medical care available,” said Secretary Thompson. “We can help assure a brighter future for America’s kids by appropriately supporting high-quality medical training for pediatricians and other pediatric specialists who lead the fight against childhood illnesses.”

Independent children’s teaching hospitals provide clinical care to young patients, conduct research, and educate and train resident physicians. These hospitals train about 30 percent of the Nation's pediatricians and almost half of pediatric specialists, and devote nearly half of their patient care to children who are covered under Medicaid or are uninsured. More than 75 percent of the children who receive care at these hospitals have one or more chronic conditions.

The Healthcare Research and Quality Act, which was enacted on Dec. 6, 1999, created the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program.

A list of payment recipients is attached below.

FY 2002 Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program Payments
Hospital City State Total
Children’s Hospital of Alabama Birmingham Ala. $5,357,543.28
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Little Rock Ark. 6,328,245.51
Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach Calif. 3,790,243.95
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Los Angeles Calif. 12,961,848.57
Valley Children’s Hospital Madera Calif. 584,275.05
Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Northern California Oakland Calif. 7,676,283.85
Children’s Hospital of Orange County Orange Calif. 1,944,530.50
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Palo Alto Calif. 5,168,266.36
Children’s Hospital of San Diego San Diego Calif. 2,493,133.46
The Children’s Hospital Association Denver Colo. 6,722,827.60
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Hartford Conn. 4,139,223.59
Alfred I. duPont Institute of the Nemours Foundations Wilmington Del. 3,408,813.24
Children’s Hospital National Medical Center Washington D.C. 11,731,358.85
Miami Children’s Hospital Miami Fla. 5,659,414.69
All Children’s Hospital St. Petersburg Fla. 3,334,036.16
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Atlanta Ga. 4,471,986.42
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Atlanta Ga. 471,653.16
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children Honolulu Hawaii 2,612,613.83
Children’s Memorial Hospital Chicago Ill. 9,490,720.69
La Rabida Children’s Hospital Chicago Ill. 245,896.15
Children’s Hospital New Orleans La. 2,777,632.23
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore Md. 3,024.47
Kennedy Krieger Children's Hospital Baltimore Md. 273,956.94
Children’s Hospital Boston Boston Mass. 22,250,419.86
Children’s Hospital of Michigan Detroit Mich. 12,989,381.26
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics - Minneapolis Minneapolis Minn. 989,239.07
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare Saint Paul Minn. 417,439.42
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics - Saint Paul Saint Paul Minn. 2,126,243.26
Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City Mo. 6,221,422.24
St. Louis Children’s Hospital Saint Louis Mo. 7,228,617.05
Children’s Hospital Omaha Neb. 776,715.18
Children’s Specialized Hospital Mountainside N.J. 61,906.00
Carrie Tingley Hospital Albuquerque N.M. 211,400.54
Blythdale Children’s Hospital Valhalla N.Y. 71,530.49
Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron Ohio 3,350,565.42
Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati Ohio 11,515,419.81
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation Cleveland Ohio 30,932.05
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Cleveland Ohio 4,724,839.56
Children’s Hospital Columbus Ohio 8,322,161.80
Children’s Medical Center Dayton Ohio 3,075,826.29
Western Reserve Care System (Tod Children’s Hospital) Youngstown Ohio 1,462,490.78
Temple University Children's Medical Center Philadelphia Pa. 498,818.12
Tenet Health System - St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Philadelphia Pa. 5,101,982.93
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia Pa. 22,338,983.95
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pa. 8,383,651.17
University Pediatric Hospital - Department of Health San Juan P.R. 2,051,789.43
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis Tenn. 1,504,065.25
Driscoll Children’s Hospital Corpus Christi Texas 1,886,410.10
Children’s Medical Center of Dallas Dallas Texas 7,950,654.63
Our Children's House at Baylor Dallas Texas 25,625.52
Cook Children’s Medical Center Fort Worth Texas 140,648.56
Texas Children’s Hospital Houston Texas 10,840,930.69
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital San Antonio Texas 993,907.43
Intermountain Health Services/Primary Children’s Medical Center Salt Lake City Utah 5,318,187.36
Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters Norfolk Va. 2,962,839.82
Children’s Hospital Richmond Va. 83,336.19
Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center Seattle Wash. 9,953,349.38
Mary Bridge Children’s Health Center Tacoma Wash. 205,089.87
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc. Milwaukee Wis. 8,514,224.04

FY 2002 Total:  $276,228,573.07

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