Bill > S1087

This bill modifies Medicare's reimbursement rules for nursing and allied health education programs by expanding the types of costs hospitals can claim as reasonable expenses. Specifically, the bill allows hospitals to include direct and indirect costs related to nursing and allied health education programs, such as costs directly incurred by the hospital, costs allocated by related entities, training expenses, faculty contracts, and shared administrative services. The bill defines "related entities" broadly to include hospitals and associated organizations with common ownership or control. Additionally, the bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from recouping or reducing Medicare payments to hospitals for approved nursing and allied health education program costs that would be allowable under the new rules. If the government has recouped such payments in the past six years, it must refund those amounts to the hospitals. The goal of the bill appears to be providing more financial support for healthcare education programs by allowing hospitals to more comprehensively document and recover their educational program expenses through Medicare reimbursement.

Budget and Finance

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1087/all-info