Residency closures

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Brigade4Radiant

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So it appears that ACGME is closing down a few EM residencies one in Piedmont Macon (HCA) and another one in Garden City Michigan and in Tampa.

But its too little to late.
 
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Premedica Monroe Regional Hospital in Michigan lists status as Voluntary Withdrawal effective 6/30/2025.

Did not see a Tampa program withdrawn but St Joseph's Hospital - Baycare Health has initial accreditation as of 1/15/2025... with 30 residency positions!!!! and a Hotmail email address for the sponsoring institution.
 
Premedica Monroe Regional Hospital in Michigan lists status as Voluntary Withdrawal effective 6/30/2025.

Did not see a Tampa program withdrawn but St Joseph's Hospital - Baycare Health has initial accreditation as of 1/15/2025... with 30 residency positions!!!! and a Hotmail email address for the sponsoring institution.
Hey that was the size of my urban level 1 trauma center training program with 90k pt visits 10+ years ago. I'm assuming this place is similar (haha).
 
There's another one in vegas that just lost its' accreditation. Only reason I know is one of the higher up admins who emails us weekly with "relevant updates" included it in their email and asked if we were aware of open residency slots.

I wonder if these are programs that didn't fill. Thought it was said that programs that don't fill are at risk of losing accreditation.
 
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Garden City Hospital is a dump and I always felt bad for their residents. The place sounded like a real sweat shop. Pay was like $40k even in 2021. Probably more than one of those smaller metro Detroit programs should close, quite frankly.
 
Hey that was the size of my urban level 1 trauma center training program with 90k pt visits 10+ years ago. I'm assuming this place is similar (haha).
I’m in the Tampa area. It’s definitely a busy place: >120k volume, level 2 trauma, etc. Also (equally as important imo) not a HCA/PE-backed hospital or CMG staffing.

With regards to program closures, I do wonder if the ACGME is truly cracking down on ****ty programs or if this is just a fluke this year. Anyone know if the closures are predominantly EM programs?
 
So according to the ACGME website they shut down 3 EM residency programs:

Piedmont Medical Center in Macon (TeamHealth)
Valley Hospital in Las Vegas (Envision)
Garden City Hospital in Detroit (Inhospital Physicians)

Promedica Medical Center in Monroe apparently voluntarily closed their residency program.

I have no idea why they were shut down other than for some reason they failed to meet accreditation standards.

Website: ACGME withdrawn residency programs
 
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So according to the ACGME website they shut down 3 EM residency programs:

Piedmont Medical Center in Macon (TeamHealth)
Valley Hospital in Las Vegas (Envision)
Garden City Hospital in Detroit (Inhospital Physicians)

Promedica Medical Center in Monroe apparently voluntarily closed their residency program.

I have no idea why they were shut down other than for some reason they failed to meet accreditation standards.

Website: ACGME withdrawn residency programs
I am from the area, and from what I heard Monroe was a hospital Promedica initiated change, nothing to do from the residency standpoint. Those residency slots were re-appropriated.

The other programs closing down is just a drop in the bucket, but nice to see some change in the right direction.
 
Premedica Monroe Regional Hospital in Michigan lists status as Voluntary Withdrawal effective 6/30/2025.

Did not see a Tampa program withdrawn but St Joseph's Hospital - Baycare Health has initial accreditation as of 1/15/2025... with 30 residency positions!!!! and a Hotmail email address for the sponsoring institution.

When was the last time anyone used Hotmail for email? 1998?
 
Does the ACGME publicly post the reason(s) for pulling accreditation?