To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the accreditation of osteopathic residency training programs for purposes of graduate medical education payments under the Medicare program.

Bill: 115-hr-2373
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-04
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging

Education programs funding

Health programs administration and funding

Medical education

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to modify, with respect to graduate medical education (GME) payments under the Medicare program,&nbsp;provisions related to&nbsp;"approved medical residency training programs" by: (1) specifying that such programs include osteopathic community residency training programs; and (2) replacing the requirement for such programs to include certain postgraduate training in geriatric medicine with a requirement for approval by a certified accrediting body.</p> <p>Under current law, a "foreign medical graduate" is generally a resident who was not a graduate of&nbsp;a school that meets the standards for accreditation by one of several specified accreditors. (Foreign medical graduates are subject to certain examination requirements for purposes of being counted as residents&nbsp;with respect to Medicare GME payments.) The bill alters this definition such that a "foreign medical graduate" is a resident who is not a graduate of an accredited school.</p> <p>The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services must certify at least two accrediting bodies for the purpose of accrediting medical residency training programs in allopathic and osteopathic medicine.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2373 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 4, 2017 Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Buchanan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the accreditation of osteopathic residency training programs for purposes of graduate medical education payments under the Medicare program.

1. Accreditation of osteopathic residency training programs for purposes of graduate medical education payments under the Medicare program Section 1886(h)(5) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(5) ) is amended— (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: (A) Approved medical residency training program The term approved medical residency training program means a residency or other postgraduate medical training program, including an osteopathic community residency training program— (i) participation in which may be counted toward certification in a specialty or subspecialty; and (ii) which has been approved by an accrediting body certified by the Secretary. ; (2) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows: (D) Foreign medical graduate The term foreign medical graduate means a resident who is not a graduate of— (i) an accredited school of medicine; (ii) an accredited school of osteopathy; or (iii) an accredited school of dentistry or podiatry. ; (3) in subparagraph (G)(iii), by striking Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education and inserting accreditor ; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (L) Osteopathic community residency training program The term osteopathic community residency training program means an osteopathic medical residency training program that primarily relies on physicians who train residents in the residency training program on a volunteer basis while continuing to provide full-time patient care services. (M) Multiple accrediting bodies for Allopathic and Osteopathic Medical Residency Training Programs The Secretary shall certify a minimum of two accrediting bodies for the purpose of accrediting medical residency training programs in allopathic and osteopathic medicine. .