Consolidated Appropriations Act Includes GME Support Provisions
By EsqSocial Corporation 18/01/21
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, creates 1,000 new Medicare-funded graduate medical education (GME) residency positions, expands opportunities for rural residency training, and allows hospitals that have very low resident full-time equivalent (FTE) caps and/or per resident amounts (PRAs) due to short-term resident rotations to “reset” their calculations, resulting in increased opportunities to receive Medicare payment for resident training. These changes represent the first significant...
By: McDermott Will & Emery