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Search Results: keywords:"graduate medical education"

H. R. 3887 — To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to children’s hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, and for other purposes.
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November 20, 2024
Status:Reported in House
Congress:118
Words:1,682
The bill H. R. 3887 seeks to amend the Public Health Service Act to continue funding for children’s hospitals that have graduate medical education programs until 2028. It introduces a prohibition on these hospitals receiving funds if they perform certain specified medical...
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The bill wants to keep giving money to children's hospitals so they can train new doctors, but it says some hospitals can't get this money if they do certain things like give special medicines or surgeries to kids that change their bodies. It promises to give a lot of money each year to help these hospitals train doctors, but there's a lot of talking about how this money will be used and if it's fair.
H. R. 8235 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions under the Medicare program.
December 27, 2024
Status:Reported in House
Congress:118
Words:634
H.R. 8235, titled the "Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act," is a proposed law that seeks to change the way certain positions for graduate medical education are distributed under the Medicare program. Specifically, it aims to adjust how hospitals in rural areas, or...
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H.R. 8235 is a bill that wants to help doctors work in the countryside by changing how hospitals there can get spots for training new doctors. It tries to make sure more doctors can learn and work in places with fewer people.
H. R. 8235 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions under the Medicare program.
May 02, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:429
H.R. 8235, titled the “Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act,” aims to change how certain graduate medical education positions are distributed under the Medicare program. The bill modifies Section 1886 of the Social Security Act to ensure that hospitals located in rural...
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H.R. 8235 wants to help rural hospitals get more doctors by changing how they get new doctor training spots, so more doctors can stay and work in areas that need them the most.
H. R. 10078 — To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish within the Indian Health Service an Office of Graduate Medical Education Programs, and for other purposes.
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October 29, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:719
H.R. 10078, titled the "IHS Provider Expansion Act," seeks to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. It proposes the creation of an Office of Graduate Medical Education Programs within the Indian Health Service. The office aims to develop training programs for...
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The IHS Provider Expansion Act is a plan to help train more doctors to work with Native American communities by creating a new office that will manage doctor training programs, with at least $4 million given each year to get the job done starting in 2026.
S. 5308 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the Rural Flex program, and for other purposes.
November 13, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,229
S. 5308 seeks to amend the Social Security Act to reauthorize the Rural Flex program, which supports rural healthcare. It includes provisions to assist critical access hospitals and rural emergency hospitals with improvements in quality reporting, performance, and addressing...
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S. 5308 wants to help small hospitals in the countryside by giving them money to get better computers, train their staff, and teach new doctors. It makes sure they have what they need to help sick people in their town.
S. 5464 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the collection of data regarding graduate medical education.
December 10, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:457
S. 5464 aims to amend the Social Security Act to require hospitals with approved medical residency programs to collect and report data on graduate medical education starting January 1, 2027. The bill mandates that this data includes attrition figures, such as withdrawals and...
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S. 5464 wants hospitals to keep track of how many doctors in training leave or finish their programs, and share this information online for everyone to see, while making sure they carefully note differences like age, gender, and other details.
H. R. 10271 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to the general population.
December 03, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:717
H.R. 10271 aims to change the Public Health Service Act to allow for grants to be given to graduate medical education partnerships in states where there are few medical residents compared to the general population. The bill would enable these grants to be used to create new...
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H.R. 10271 wants to give money to hospitals in states where there aren't many doctors in training, so they can have more positions for these new doctors. This is like giving schools extra funds to let more teachers teach students in places that need them the most.

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