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HR 870119th CongressIntroduced
Physicians for Underserved Areas Act
Introduced: Oct 29, 2025
Healthcare
Standard Summary
Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs
This legislation amends Medicare regulations to reform how residency training slots are redistributed when hospitals close, requiring recipient hospitals to demonstrate they can start utilizing slots within two years and fully fill them within five years to address physician shortages in underserved communities through more efficient medical workforce allocation.
Key Points
- 1The bill modifies Medicare's residency slot redistribution criteria to mandate hospitals prove they can begin using freed positions within two years after reallocation.
- 2It establishes a five-year requirement for hospitals to completely fill redistributed residency slots to prevent idle training capacity in the healthcare system.
- 3The legislation specifically targets physician shortages in underserved areas by prioritizing redistribution to locations with demonstrated need and utilization capacity.
Impact Areas
Teaching hospitals participating in Medicare's graduate medical education funding programMedical residents and the national physician workforce pipeline developmentUnderserved rural and urban communities facing healthcare access disparitiesMedicare program administration of graduate medical education resources
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