To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the disregard of certain resident slots that include Department of Veterans Affairs training in determining payments for direct graduate medical education costs, and for other purposes.
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Oct 9, 2015)
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise provisions related to graduate medical education (GME) residency positions and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Under current law, for purposes of calculating Medicare payments for hospitals, certain limitations apply regarding the total number of GME residency positions in a hospital's training program. The bill specifies that these limitations shall not apply to any residency position that counts towards meeting the VA's obligation under the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to increase by 1,500 the number of GME residency positions at VA medical facilities.
The bill also extends by five years the period over which the VA must increase the number of GME residency positions at its medical facilities.
What just happenedOct 21, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseOct 9, 2015
- Oct 21, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Oct 16, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Oct 9, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Oct 9, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Oct 9, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Oct 9, 2015IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Oct 9, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Oct 9, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Oct 9, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House