Sec. 7. Exemption of health professional shortage areas from medicare graduate medical education caps
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Section 1886(h)(4)(F) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(4)(F) ) is amended— in clause (i), by inserting clause
(iii)and after subject to ; and by adding at the end the following new clause: For cost reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, clause
(i)shall not apply in the case of a hospital or nonprovider setting located in a health professional shortage area (as defined in section 332 of the Public Health Service Act). . Section 1886(d)(5)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(B) ) is amended— by redesignating the second 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 realigning the left margins of subclauses
(II)and
(III)of such clause and items (aa), (bb), (cc), and
(dd)of subclause
(II)of such clause appropriately; and by adding at the end the following new clause: For discharges occurring on or after January 1, 2018, in determining the hospital’s number of full-time equivalent residents for purposes of this subparagraph, clause
(iii)of subsection (h)(4)(F) shall apply to clause
(v)in the same manner and for the same period as such clause
(iii)applies to clause
(i)of such subsection. .
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Exemption of health professional shortage areas from medicare graduate medical education caps
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