CMS Revises Definition of Displaced Residents Counted for Temporary Transfers of GME Cap Slots
By EsqSocial Corporation 19/10/20
In the fiscal year (FY) 2021 inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) final rule, CMS finalized policies to define more accurately "displaced residents" from closing hospitals and programs. By revising this definition, CMS changed its position on residents that may be counted when determining the number of direct graduate medical education (DGME) and indirect graduate medical education (IME) full time equivalent (FTE) resident cap slots (GME cap slots) a closing hospital or program may...
By: Baker Ober Health Law