Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program

 

This announcement solicits applications for the Childrenâ₏™s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program. Federal funding for graduate medical education (GME) is primarily provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Prior to the enactment of the CHGME Payment Program, childrenâ₏™s teaching hospitals received a disproportionately low amount of Federal GME funding when compared to teaching hospitals that serve adult patients. The purpose of the CHGME Payment Program is to compensate for the disparity in the level of Federal GME funding for freestanding childrenâ₏™s teaching hospitals versus other types of teaching hospitals. The CHGME Payment Program is administered by the Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Deleted 09/15/2015 (Archived.) HRSA-16-022 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration Grant 60 https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=fd12540f-59d1-41d0-bb9c-f8213dbe4c19 There are two categories of childrenâ₏™s hospitals that may be eligible for CHGME payments in FY 2016, depending on the funding appropriated to the program. New hospitals that are applying for the CHGME program include hospitals that are eligible as a "Newly Qualified Hospital" or hospitals that are new to the CHGME program but qualify under the "Currently Eligible Hospitals" requirements.  a. Currently Eligible Hospitals: Childrenâ₏™s hospitals that met the eligibility requirements prior to the Childrenâ₏™s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013 remain eligible for the program. These childrenâ₏™s hospitals must meet the following criteria: 1) It participates in an approved graduate medical education (GME) residency training program; 2) It has a Medicare provider payment agreement; 3) It is excluded from the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) under section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iii) 3 of the Social Security Act and its accompanying regulations; and 4) It is a "freestanding" childrenâ₏™s hospital. b. Newly Qualified Hospitals: As per the Childrenâ₏™s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013, a freestanding hospital may be eligible for CHGME payments depending on the level of funding appropriated to the program if it meets the following criteria: 1) It has a Medicare payment agreement and that is excluded from the Medicare inpatient hospital prospective payment system (IPPS) pursuant to section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act and its accompanying regulations; 2) Its inpatients are predominantly individuals under 18 years of age; 3) It has an approved medical residency training program as defined in section 1886(h)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act; 4) It is not otherwise qualified to receive payments under this section or section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act. For those free-standing childrenâ₏™s hospitals that met the above requirements as of April 7, 2014, other than the Secretary has not determined an average number of full-time equivalent 07/17/2015 This program does not have cost sharing or matching requirements. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
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