3.0.0 3957 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z Senate S S 2010-11-17 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-11-17T22:41:44Z 2010-11-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7973-7974) IntroReferral 2010-11-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7972-7973) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-11-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2010-11-17 True Health Child health Education programs funding Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Health programs administration and funding Hospital care Medical education Medicare Mental health User charges and fees Health 00 2010-11-17 Introduced in Senate 2010-12-21T17:24:17Z Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and implement procedures under which the amount of payments that a hospital would otherwise receive for indirect medical education (IME) costs for discharges occurring during an applicable period is adjusted based on the performance of the hospital on specified measures of health care work force priorities.

Requires bonus payments to a hospital if at least 33% of its full-time equivalent residents were enrolled in medical residency programs in primary care during the applicable period.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program of payments to eligible hospitals for direct and indirect expenses associated with operating graduate medical residency training programs.

Directs the Secretary to report to Congress and the National Health Care Workforce Commission on the graduate medical education (GME) payments that hospitals receive under the Medicare program.

Establishes in the Treasury the Medical Education Trust Fund.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the fees on insured and self-insured health plans to provide partial financing for the Trust Fund.

]]> Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2010 Display Title Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a medical education trust fund, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-11-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3957is/xml/BILLS-111s3957is.xml 2010-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7973-7974) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.