The bill would change Medicare’s Graduate Medical Education rule to allow hospitals that previously accepted part-time medical residents to establish their own full-time residency programs. The rule currently prevents hospitals that previously accepted part-time medical residents from starting a full-time program supported by Medicare, according to the report.
If the legislation passes, it would allow 11 hospitals to open new full-time medical residency programs.
Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., filed the bill, which will now be considered by the Senate Finance Committee, according to the report.
More articles on hospital-physician relationships:
UVM Health Network explores affiliation with visiting Vermont nurse association
University of Buffalo medical school adds 29 faculty across 6 departments
University of Buffalo’s new medical school building to forgo textbooks for ‘electronic library’
