Medicare Residency Program Fairness Act of 2006

Summary

Medicare Residency Program Fairness Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to payments to hospitals for the direct graduate medical education (DGME) costs of inpatient hospital services, particularly the redistribution among qualifying hospitals of unused resident positions which figure in the calculation of DGME costs. Requires a specified adjustment to the reduction of Medicare resident positions for rural and small urban hospitals, where that reduction was based on a cost report subsequently settled, whether as a result of an appeal or otherwise, if the reference resident level under such settled cost report is higher than the resident level used for the reduction.

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Timeline

1. 25 July 2006

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8201-8202)

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 July 2006

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8201)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 July 2006

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 25 July 2006 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 July 2006

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 July 2006

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 25 July 2006

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Sponsors

• Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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