A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor from the geographic indices used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule, to provide incentives necessary to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas, and to revise the area wage adjustment applicable under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project that provides for demonstration grants designed to provide financial or other incentives to hospitals to attract educators and clinical practitioners so that hospitals that serve beneficiaries under the Medicare program who are residents of underserved areas may host clinical rotations.
Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for the use of skilled nursing facility wage data under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S43)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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