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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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