S 3522
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Graduate Medical Education Equity Act
Introduced: December 8, 2016
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 8, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 8, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Graduate Medical Education Equity Act
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a qualified hospital to have its payment amount for direct graduation medical education costs calculated on the basis of its Medicaid inpatient utilization rate rather than on the basis of its Medicare patient load.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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