Fresno hospital CEO in Washington for rural health hearing

Tim Joslin, CEO of Community Medical Centers, will be speaking before the House Ways and Means Committee’s rural health hearing Tuesday, a hospital spokeswoman said Monday.

Joslin will be speaking for the expansion and better allocation of graduate medical education slots to underserved regions. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EDT.

Community Medical Centers currently collaborates with the University of California at San Francisco to support the training of 250 medical residents studying in eight areas and another 50 fellows studying in 17 medical sub-specialties. But the the federally funded positions have been frozen at 1997 levels.

Joslin’s testimony can be heard via live streaming.

This story was originally published July 27, 2015 at 5:02 PM with the headline "Fresno hospital CEO in Washington for rural health hearing."