Distribution of additional residency positions

(a)

In general

Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (4)(F)(i), by striking paragraphs (7) and (8) and inserting paragraphs (7), (8), and (9); (2)in paragraph (4)(H)(i), by striking paragraphs (7) and (8) and inserting “paragraphs (7), (8), and (9); (3)in paragraph (7)(E), by inserting paragraph (9), after paragraph (8),; and (4)by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(9)

Distribution of additional residency positions

(A)

Additional residency positions

(i)

In general

For each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017 (and succeeding fiscal years if the Secretary determines that there are additional residency positions available to distribute under clause (iii)(II)), the Secretary shall increase the otherwise applicable resident limit for each qualifying hospital that submits a timely application under this subparagraph by such number as the Secretary may approve for portions of cost reporting periods occurring on or after July 1 of the fiscal year of the increase. Except as provided in clause (iii), the aggregate number of increases in the otherwise applicable resident limit under this subparagraph shall be equal to 3,000 in each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017, of which at least 1,500 in each such fiscal year shall be used for full-time equivalent residents training in a shortage specialty residency program (as defined in subparagraph (F)(iii)). (ii)

Process for distributing positions

(I)

Rounds of applications

The Secretary shall initiate 5 separate rounds of applications for an increase under clause (i), 1 round with respect to each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017. (II)

Number available

In each of such rounds, the aggregate number of positions available for distribution in the fiscal year as a result of an increase in the otherwise applicable resident limit (as described in clause (i)) shall be distributed, plus any additional positions available under clause (iii). (III)

Timing

The Secretary shall notify hospitals of the number of positions distributed to the hospital under this paragraph as result of an increase in the otherwise applicable resident limit by January 1 of the fiscal year of the increase. Such increase shall be effective for portions of cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1 of that fiscal year. (iii)

Positions not distributed during the fiscal year

(I)

In general

If the number of resident full-time equivalent positions distributed under this paragraph in a fiscal year is less than the aggregate number of positions available for distribution in the fiscal year (as described in clause (i), including after application of this subclause), the difference between such number distributed and such number available for distribution shall be added to the aggregate number of positions available for distribution in the following fiscal year. (II)

Exception if positions not distributed by end of fiscal year 2017

If the aggregate number of positions distributed under this paragraph during the 5-year period of fiscal years 2013 through 2017 is less than 15,000, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the considerations described in subparagraph (B)(i) and the priority described in subparagraph (B)(ii), conduct an application and distribution process in each subsequent fiscal year until such time as the aggregate amount of positions distributed under this paragraph is equal to 15,000. (B)

Distribution to certain hospitals

(i)

Consideration in distribution

In determining for which hospitals the increase in the otherwise applicable resident limit is provided under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall take into account the demonstrated likelihood of the hospital filling the positions made available under this paragraph within the first 5 cost reporting periods beginning after the date the increase would be effective, as determined by the Secretary. (ii)

Priority for certain hospitals

Subject to clause (iii), in determining for which hospitals the increase in the otherwise applicable resident limit is provided under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall distribute the increase in the following priority order: (I)First, to hospitals in States with (aa) new medical schools that received Candidate School status from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or that received Pre-Accreditation status from the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation on or after January 1, 2000, and that have achieved or continue to progress toward Full Accreditation status (as such term is defined by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education) or toward Accreditation status (as such term is defined by the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation), or (bb) additional locations and branch campuses established on or after January 1, 2000, by medical schools with Full Accreditation status (as such term is defined by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education) or Accreditation status (as such term is defined by the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation). (II)Second, to hospitals in which the resident level of the hospital is greater than the otherwise applicable resident limit during the most recent cost reporting period ending on or before the date of enactment of this paragraph. (III)Third, to hospitals that emphasize training in community health center or community-based settings or in hospital outpatient departments. (IV)Fourth, to hospitals that are eligible for incentive payments under section 1886(n) or 1903(t) as of the date the hospital submits an application for such increase under subparagraph (A). (V)Fifth, to all other hospitals. (iii)

Distribution to hospitals in higher priority group prior to distribution in lower priority groups

The Secretary may only distribute an increase under subparagraph (A) to a lower priority group under clause (ii) if all qualifying hospitals in the higher priority group or groups have received the maximum number of increases under such subparagraph that the hospital is eligible for under this paragraph for the fiscal year. (C)

Requirements for use of additional positions

(i)

In general

Subject to clause (ii), a hospital that receives an increase in the otherwise applicable resident limit under subparagraph (A) shall ensure, during the 5-year period beginning on the effective date of such increase, that— (I)not less than 50 percent of the positions attributable to such increase are used to train full-time equivalent residents in a shortage specialty residency program (as defined in subclause (F)(iii)), as determined by the Secretary at the end of such 5-year period; (II)the total number of full-time equivalent residents, excluding any additional positions attributable to such increase, is not less than the average number of full-time equivalent residents during the 3 most recent cost reporting periods ending on or before the effective date of such increase; and (III)the ratio of full-time equivalent residents in a shortage specialty residency program (as so defined) is not less than the average ratio of full-time equivalent residents in such a program during the 3 most recent cost reporting periods ending on or before the effective date of such increase. (ii)

Redistribution of positions if hospital no longer meets certain requirements

In the case where the Secretary determines that a hospital described in clause (i) does not meet the requirements of such clause, the Secretary shall— (I)reduce the otherwise applicable resident limit of the hospital by the amount by which such limit was increased under this paragraph; and (II)provide for the distribution of positions attributable to such reduction in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph. (D)

Limitation

(i)

In general

Except as provided in clause (ii), a hospital may not receive more than 75 full-time equivalent additional residency positions in the aggregate under this paragraph over the period of fiscal years 2013 through 2017. (ii)

Increase in number of additional positions a hospital may receive

The Secretary shall increase the aggregate number of full-time equivalent additional residency positions a hospital may receive under this paragraph over such period if the Secretary estimates that the number of positions available for distribution under subparagraph (A) exceeds the number of applications approved under such subparagraph over such period. (E)

Application of per resident amounts for primary care and nonprimary care

With respect to additional residency positions in a hospital attributable to the increase provided under this paragraph, the approved FTE per resident amounts are deemed to be equal to the hospital per resident amounts for primary care and nonprimary care computed under paragraph (2)(D) for that hospital. (F)

Definitions

In this paragraph: (i)

Otherwise applicable resident limit

The term otherwise applicable resident limit means, with respect to a hospital, the limit otherwise applicable under subparagraphs (F)(i) and (H) of paragraph (4) on the resident level for the hospital determined without regard to this paragraph but taking into account paragraphs (7)(A), (7)(B), (8)(A), and (8)(B). (ii)

Resident level

The term resident level has the meaning given such term in paragraph (7)(C)(i). (iii)

Shortage specialty residency program

The term shortage specialty residency program means the following: (I)

Prior to report on shortage specialties

Prior to the date on which the report of the National Health Care Workforce Commission is submitted under section 3 of the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2011, any approved residency training program in a specialty identified in the report entitled The Physician Workforce: Projections and Research into Current Issues Affecting Supply and Demand, issued in December 2008 by the Health Resources and Services Administration, as a specialty whose baseline physician requirements projections exceed the projected supply of total active physicians for the period of 2005 through 2020. (II)

After report on shortage specialities

On or after the date on which the report of the National Health Care Workforce Commission is submitted under such section, any approved residency training program in a physician specialty identified in such report as a specialty for which there is a shortage.

(b)

IME

(1)

In general

Section 1886(d)(5)(B)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(B)(v)), in the second sentence, is amended by striking subsections (h)(7) and (h)(8) and inserting “subsections (h)(7), (h)(8), and (h)(9). (2)

Conforming provision

Section 1886(d)(5)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(B)) is amended— (A)by redesignating clause (x), as added by section 5505(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), as clause (xi) and moving such clause 4 ems to the left; and (B)by adding after clause (xi), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following clause:

(xix)For discharges occurring on or after July 1, 2013, insofar as an additional payment amount under this subparagraph is attributable to resident positions distributed to a hospital under subsection (h)(9), the indirect teaching adjustment factor shall be computed in the same manner as provided under clause (ii) with respect to such resident positions.