HR 1153 · in committee · significant
Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Hospitals in rural areas can receive additional Medicare payments for training medical residents.
- Rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, and sole community hospitals are eligible to participate.
- Payments cover residents training at least 8 weeks in rural locations or in programs with 50% rural training.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would increased Medicare payments for rural medical resident training affect healthcare access in underserved rural communities?
- 02
What evidence supports the assumption that financial incentives for resident training will actually increase the rural physician workforce long-term?
- 03
Which hospitals would benefit most from these additional Medicare payments, and could this create competitive advantages for some rural facilities over others?
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Sponsor · R-TN-1
Diana Harshbarger
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
10/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-10
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-10 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-02-10 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-02-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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