Sec. 5. Increasing Medicare graduate medical education transparency
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Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the graduate medical education payments that hospitals and other facilities receive under the Medicare program. The report shall include the following information with respect to each hospital or facility that receives such payments: The direct graduate medical education payments made to the hospital or other facility under section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h) ).
The indirect medical education payments made to the hospital or other facility under section 1886(d)(5)(B) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B) ). The number of residents counted for purposes of making the payments described in paragraph (1). The number of residents counted for purposes of making the payments described in paragraph (2). The number of residents, if any, that are not counted for purposes of making payments described in paragraph (1). The number of residents, if any, that are not counted for purposes of making payments described in paragraph (2).
The percent that the payments described in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)that are made to the hospital or other facility make up of the total costs that the hospital or other facility incurs in providing graduate medical education, including salaries, benefits, operational expenses, and all other patient care costs. The number of residents training in each specialty. A list that identifies any training partners and the sponsoring institutions for each residency program.
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