Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 2/10/2025
Actions
- 2025-02-10Referred 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.
- 2025-02-10Referred 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.
- 2025-02-10Introduced in House
- 2025-02-10Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-10 (00)
Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2025
This bill allows certain hospitals to receive additional payment under Medicare for full-time equivalent residents who receive training in rural areas.
Specifically, hospitals, critical access hospitals, sole community hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals may elect to receive payment for time spent by a resident in a rural training location if the resident trains for at least eight weeks in the location and the hospital pays the salary and benefits of the resident during this time. Additionally, hospitals may receive payment for all time spent by residents in a residency program in which 50% of all training is in rural locations, regardless of where the training occurs or specialty.
Payments are based on the difference between the total amount of eligible payments (as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and the amount of graduate medical education payments received (if applicable).
Cosponsors (10)
- Kim Schrier (D-WA)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
- Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA)
- Eugene Vindman (D-VA)
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
- Robert Bresnahan (R-PA)
- James Moylan (R-GU)
Subjects
- Education programs funding
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Hospital care
- Medical education
- Medicare
- Rural conditions and development
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