Section 126 of the CAA, 2021, makes available an additional 1,000 Graduate Medical Education (GME) full‐time equivalent (FTE) resident cap slots, phased in at a rate of no more than 200 slots per year, beginning in fiscal year 2023.
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Section 126 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021, makes available an additional 1,000 FTE resident cap slots phased in at a rate of no more than 200 slots per year beginning in fiscal year 2023.
Breaking Down the GME Payment: Per Resident Amount
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 complicated the formula by adding limits, including a cap on the FTE count and an FTE based on a three-year rolling average. With this said, the “Allowable Weighted FTE” is the average number over three years (i.e. current year, prior year and penultimate year) of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) residents reported ...
Graduate Medical Education Enhancement and the Consolidated ...
Section 131 provides relief for hospitals that have low full-time equivalent (FTE) caps or low FTE per resident amount (PRA) funding. Those hospitals may qualify for a reset of either relief through December 26, 2025.
Summary of Changes to Medicare GME Rules Governing Per …
2021年4月8日 · In the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), Congress enacted several important changes to the Medicare GME rules governing the calculation of teaching hospitals’ per resident amount (PRA) and full-time equivalent (FTE) resident caps in order to accommodate training at de minimis levels.
Hospitals Urged to Apply for GME Full-Time Equivalent Slots
2024年1月12日 · Hospitals are urged to apply for additional graduate medical education (GME) full-time equivalent (FTE) resident cap slots for fiscal year (FY) 2025 by March 31. Section 126 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, made available an additional 1,000 GME FTE slots, phased in over five years, beginning in FY 2023.…
42 CFR 413.75 -- Direct GME payments: General requirements.
Rural track FTE limitation means the maximum number of residents (as specified in § 413.79 (k)) training in a rural track residency program that an urban hospital or rural hospital may include in its FTE count and that is in addition to the number of FTE residents already included in the hospital's FTE cap.
CMS Releases Final Rule Implementing New GME Policies and …
2021年12月21日 · Under Section 127 of the CAA, for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2022, CMS is authorized to establish new rules expanding the GME FTE caps of urban and rural hospitals that partner to create rural training track (RTT) programs. To implement Section 127, CMS finalized the following new rules for rural training programs.
CMS's FTE cap-setting methodology: It pays to hog residents!
2016年5月19日 · Teaching hospitals' FTE caps dictate the maximum numbers of allopathic and osteopathic residents for which a hospital may claim Medicare graduate medical education (GME) reimbursement. For the most part, with very few exceptions, FTE caps, once established, cannot be …
Section 4122 of the CAA, 2023, makes available an additional 200 Graduate Medical Education (GME) full-time equivalent (FTE) resident cap slots beginning in fiscal year 2026.