Durbin Introduces IME Legislation
May 3, 2002- Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) May 2
introduced legislation, "The Teaching Hospital Preservation
Act" (S. 2447), that would prevent Medicare Indirect
Medical Education (IME) payments from being reduced from 6.5
percent to 5.5 percent. The following 14 Senators were original
cosponsors of the legislation: Cantwell (D-Wash.), Cleland
(D-Ga.) Clinton (D-N.Y.), Dayton (D-Minn.), Edwards (D-N.C.),
Feinstein (D-Calif.), Helms (R-N.C.), Kennedy (D-Mass.), Kerry
(D-Mass.), Landrieu (D-La.), Murray (D-Wash.), Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Specter (R-Pa.), and Torricelli (D-N.J.).
Information:
Lynne Davis Boyle, Assistant Vice President
AAMC Office of Governmental Relations
ldavisboyle@aamc.org
(202) 828-0526
Get Washington Highlights
in your Inbox!
|
