Nevada Health and Bioscience Corporation
GME Expansion in Southern Nevada: Strengthening Community and Economic Health
The Challenge
Nevada Health and Bioscience Corporation (NHBC) recognized that Southern Nevada was at a pivotal moment for its healthcare delivery system. Rapid population growth, physician shortages, and increasing demands on hospitals and clinics were creating urgent challenges to increase the physician workforce. Expanding graduate medical education (GME), residency, and fellowship programs that complete a doctor’s training have emerged as a key lever for retaining locally educated physicians and building a sustainable workforce. However, growth in residency programs alone was insufficient; strategic coordination across medical schools, funding models, and policy initiatives were needed to ensure investments in medical education over the past decade translated into measurable physician capacity and long-term economic and social benefits.
How We Helped
NHBC engaged Tripp Umbach, the nation’s leader in medical education strategy, to develop a roadmap for expanding physician training and retention in Southern Nevada. Through data analysis, stakeholder interviews, and a literature review, we assessed current residency capacity, evaluated strategic partnerships among local medical schools, identified sustainable funding models, recommended policy solutions, and quantified the economic impact of GME expansion. The result is a clear, actionable plan to grow and retain the region’s physician workforce.
NHBC engaged Tripp Umbach, the nation’s leader in medical education strategy, to develop a roadmap for expanding physician training and retention in Southern Nevada. Through data analysis, stakeholder interviews, and a literature review, we assessed current residency capacity, evaluated strategic partnerships among local medical schools, identified sustainable funding models, recommended policy solutions, and quantified the economic impact of GME expansion. The result is a clear, actionable plan to grow and retain the region’s physician workforce.