As required by Public Law 109-307, the Children’s Hospitals GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2006, the CHGME Payment Program is required to collect data for an Annual Report as an addendum to your FY 2009 initial application for CHGME Funds.

Requirements:  The fiscal year (FY) 2009 Annual Report will be largely the same as the FY 2008 Annual Report, using forms HRSA 100-1, HRSA 100-2, and HRSA 100-3.   Clarifications have been made in the Annual Report instructions and selected table headings, especially for Forms 100-3-C and 100-3-D.  As required by law, for FY2009, comparisons will be made with the previous academic year rather than with all years since the CHGME program began, as was the case in the FY2008 Annual Report.  The FY2009 Annual Report requires information from the 2007-2008 academic year. 

Availability of Forms: The FY 2009 Annual Report Forms will be available on the CHGME Payment Program website on December 1, 2008.

Due Date for Completed Annual Report:  The completed FY2009 Annual Reports are due postmarked on or before February 10, 2009.

Technical Assistance:  Once the Annual Report Forms and Guidance are released, should you need technical assistance responding to questions or obtaining clarifications, please call your Regional Manager.  If your hospital staff would like to get technical assistance, contact the CHGME Payment Program staff to schedule a conference call.

The Annual Report requires data on  the 1) types of training programs that the hospital provided for residents such as general pediatrics, internal medicine/pediatrics, and pediatric subspecialties including both certified medical and non-medical subspecialties; 2) the number of training positions for residents, the number of such positions recruited to fill, and the number of positions filled; 3) the types of training that the hospital provided for residents related to the health care needs of difference populations such as children who are underserved for reasons of family income or geographic location, including rural and urban areas; 4) changes in residency training including changes in curricula, training experiences, and types of training programs, and benefits that have resulted from such changes and changes for purposes of training residents in the measurement and improvement and the quality and safety of patient care; and 5) the numbers of residents (disaggregated by specialty and subspecialty) who completed training in the academic year and care for children within the borders of the service area of the hospital or within the borders of the State in which the hospital is located.