Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase payments for direct graduate medical education (DME) costs of primary care residents in the initial residency period.
Provides an overall cap on approved Full Time Equivalent resident amounts.
Requires hospitals to provide more compensation to primary care residents than to non-primary care residents in order to receive DME funding.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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