3.0.0 6352 2019-11-15T21:47:03Z 2019-11-15T21:47:03Z House H HR 2012-08-02 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SCHOCK:H.R. 6352.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 8,Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.[Page H5711]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2012-08-03T15:02:35Z Referred to 2012-08-02T13:04:30Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-08-02T13:04:25Z Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2012 112 6562 HR 2012-09-25 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2011 112 1627 S 2011-09-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 112 3201 S 2012-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2012-08-03 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2012-08-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2012-08-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2012-08-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-08-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001179 Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18] Aaron Schock R IL 18 N S001162 Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] Allyson Schwartz D PA Y. 13 2012-08-02 True L000111 Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] TOM LATHAM R IA 4 2012-09-11 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2012-09-11 False C000556 Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] HOWARD COBLE R NC 6 2012-09-19 False S001171 Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11] Heath Shuler D NC 11 2012-09-21 False Health Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Hospital care Medical education Medicare Performance measurement Health 00 2012-08-02 Introduced in House 2012-09-24T19:34:09Z Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (DME) costs.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), for each of FY2013-FY2017 (and each succeeding fiscal year if additional residency positions are available to distribute), to increase the otherwise applicable resident limit for each qualifying hospital.

Directs the Secretary to determine the total number of additional residency positions available for distribution, in accordance with guidelines for allocating 33% to hospitals already operating over the resident limit, and generally setting the aggregate number of increases in the resident limit to 3,000 in each year.

Specifies the process for distributing positions.

Directs the Secretary 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 a fiscal year is adjusted based on the reporting of measures and the performance of the hospital on measures of patient care priorities specified by the Secretary.

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

Directs the Comptroller General to study: (1) the physician workforce, and (2) strategies for increasing the diversity of the health profession workforce.

]]> Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Short Titles as Introduced Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Display Title Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6352ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6352ih.xml 2012-08-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.