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H.R. 1180 (113th)

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013

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Introduced

14 March 2013

Last action

11 April 2013 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

JOSEPH CROWLEY, Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11], Kathy Castor, ELIOT ENGEL, CAROLYN MALONEY, Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19], PETER KING, Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Brian Higgins, Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21], JOSE SERRANO, Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22], Paul Tonko, Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Cheri Bustos, Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], NITA LOWEY, David Loebsack, Tulsi Gabbard, TIM RYAN, Frederica Wilson, Jared Polis, Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19], Filemon Vela, Derek Kilmer, Sanford Bishop, Marcia Fudge, LOUISE SLAUGHTER, Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], GENE GREEN, Keith Ellison, Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1], Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-6], ALCEE HASTINGS, Raul Ruiz, Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15], Albio Sires, Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22], Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM], MICHAEL CAPUANO, James McGovern, Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Richard Neal, Tom Reed, Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]

Subjects

Healthcare, Taxation, Education

Source updated

12 August 2025

Healthcare · Taxation · Education

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Summary

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (DGME) costs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), for each of FY2015-FY2019 (and each succeeding fiscal year if additional residency positions are available to distribute), to increase the otherwise applicable resident limit for each qualifying hospital. Directs the Secretary to determine the total number of additional residency positions available for distribution, in accordance with guidelines for allocating 33% to hospitals already operating over the resident limit, and generally setting the aggregate number of increases in the resident limit to 3,000 in each year. Specifies the process for distributing positions. Declares that, for discharges occurring on or after July 1, 2015, the indirect teaching adjustment factor, with respect to additional payments for subsection (d) hospitals with indirect costs of medical education (IME), insofar as those additional payments are attributable to resident positions distributed to a hospital according to such process, shall be computed in a specified manner with respect to those resident positions. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.) Directs the National Health Care Workforce Commission established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to study the physician workforce. Directs the Comptroller General to study strategies for increasing the diversity of the health profession workforce.

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Timeline

  1. 14 March 2013

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 14 March 2013

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 14 March 2013

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 15 March 2013

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  5. 11 April 2013

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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