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Amends the Social Security Act to require hospitals with residency programs to report osteopathic and allopathic candidate data, with payment penalties for non-compliance.
Key Points
- 1Requires hospitals to report number of DO and MD applicants and acceptances for each residency program
- 2Imposes 2% payment reduction for each year a hospital fails to submit required data
- 3Requires affirmation that hospitals consider both DO and MD applicants
- 4Mandates acceptance of both COMLEX and USMLE scores if exams are required
- 5Secretary must publish reported information on public website
- 6Explicitly states this does not federalize medical education or mandate acceptance numbers
Impact Areas
Hospitals with residency programsGraduate medical educationOsteopathic medical studentsAllopathic medical studentsMedicare payment systemsMedical licensing examination boards
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