S. 455 · 115th Congress
Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2017
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jon Tester
- Introduced
- 2017-02-27
- Latest action
- 2017-02-27 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reimburse medical residency training programs under Medicare for certain graduate medical education costs associated with resident time spent in rural community hospitals known as "critical access hospitals."