Section 127 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act: Graduate Medical Education (GME) Payment for Rural Track Programs (RTPs)
On December 27, 2021, CMS published a final rule with comment period CMS-1752-FC3 that implements changes to Medicare GME payments for teaching hospitals. The rule implements the legislative changes to direct GME and indirect medical education (IME) payments to teaching hospitals included in sections 126, 127, and 131 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021.
Section 127 made several changes with regard to urban hospitals and rural hospitals training residents in Rural Training Programs.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: April 28, 2022
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