Here are five things to know:
1. Since the law was passed 18 months ago, not a single new physician has gone into practice in Missouri as a result of the law. The law may not take effect until the fall 2016.
2. The Missouri law would allow assistant physicians to provide primary care services in “medically underserved” regions if they are supervised by another physician.
3. Many organizations oppose the legislation including the American Medical Association, because the proposal enables physicians to obtain special licensing without completing a residency program. Instead of the Missouri law, the AMA is seeking more government funding to increase the number of available residency slots.
4. In the United States, more than 6,200 regions have a shortage of primary care physicians.
5. While residency programs have grown, they have failed to keep up with the demand of graduate students, in part, due to a federal law limiting the growth in federal Medicare funding for residency programs.
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