3.0.0 1978 2023-01-11T13:27:02Z 2023-01-11T13:27:02Z Senate S S 2014-01-30 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-01-30T23:00:16Z Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act 113 1759 S 2013-11-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2014-01-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2014-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2014-02-10 False Health Advisory bodies Appropriations Congressional oversight Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Medicaid Medical education Medicare Minority education Minority health Performance measurement Rural conditions and development Student aid and college costs Health 00 2014-01-30 Introduced in Senate 2014-05-22T19:25:58Z Increasing Primary Care Access Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to, and enter contracts with, schools of medicine and osteopathic medicine to assist the schools in supporting programs of excellence in primary care.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary to establish and implement procedures under which the amount of payments that a subsection (d) hospital would otherwise receive for indirect medical education costs for discharges occurring during an applicable period is adjusted based on the performance of the hospital on measures specified by the Secretary.

(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

Prohibits the Secretary from consulting with an organization representing physicians on adjustments to the fee schedule for physicians' services if the organization uses a group to formulate recommendations regarding such adjustments unless at least 40% of the group are board certified and practicing physicians in specified primary care fields.

Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program to provide funding for graduate medical residency training programs in primary care.

Requires the Secretary to award grants or enter into contracts for the establishment of six to eight Regional Centers for Health Workforce Analysis to allocate funds to in-need primary care residency programs.

Increases the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for amounts expended on targeted graduate medical education in certain areas in need of primary care health professionals for a state which expanded Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Reauthorizes a program of payments to teaching health centers.

]]> Increasing Primary Care Access Act of 2014 Display Title Increasing Primary Care Access Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced Increasing Primary Care Access Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase access to primary care services through training and accountability improvements. Introduced in Senate 2014-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1978is/xml/BILLS-113s1978is.xml 2014-01-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.