Advocates Explore Options To Save KMC Residency Program
Advocates are warning that the planned closure of Kern Medical Center's family medicine residency program could exacerbate the shortage of primary care physicians in the area. Options for maintaining the residency program include creating a consortium to help cover the cost of the program; working with or applying to become a federally qualified health center, which receives higher reimbursement rates from the federal government; and moving the program to another hospital in the area.
- "Community Support Could Help Save Doctor Residency Program" (Schmitt, Bakersfield Californian, 3/4).