Childrenкs Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program

Post Date

August 5th 2014

Application Due Date

September 5th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

HRSA-15-018

CFDA Number(s)

93.255

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Health

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=21946d6a-e9dc-46d2-b236-0af218d7a438

Number of Awards

62

Eligibility Categories

Other

There are two categories of childrenкs hospitals that may be eligible for CHGME payments in FY 2015, depending on the funding appropriated to the program.Ф Please note:Ф New hospitals that are applying for the CHGME program include hospitals that are eligible as a кNewly Qualified Hospitalк or hospitals that are new to the CHGME program but qualify under the current eligibility requirements. a.ФФФФФФ Currently Eligible Hospitals: Childrenкs hospitals that met the eligibility requirements prior to the Childrenкs Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013 remain eligible for the program.Ф These childrenкs hospitals must meet the following criteria: Ф 1)ФФФФФ It participates in an approved graduate medical education (GME) residency training program; 2)ФФФФФ It has a Medicare provider payment agreement; 3)ФФФФФ It is excluded from the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) under section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iii)[1] of the Social Security Act and its accompanying regulations; and 4)ФФФФФ It is a кfreestandingк childrenкs hospital. b.ФФФФФ Newly Qualified Hospitals: As per the Childrenкs Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013, a freestanding hospital that meets the following criteria may be eligible for CHGME payments depending on the level of funding appropriated to the program: ФФ 1)ФФФФФ 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)ФФФФФ Its inpatients are predominantly individuals under 18 years of age; 3)ФФФФФ It has an approved medical residency training program as defined in section 1886(h)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act; 4)ФФФФФ It is not otherwise qualified to receive payments under this section or section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act.Ф For those free-standing childrenкs 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 residents under section 1886(h)(4) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary may establish such number of full-time equivalent residents for the purposes of calculating CHGME program payments. Any public or private nonprofit and for-profit children's teaching hospital with an accredited residency training program which meets all of the above requirements for either category of eligibility may apply, though final

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $100000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

This announcement solicits applications for the Childrenкs Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program. ФFederal funding for graduate medical education (GME) is primarily provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). ФPrior to the enactment of the CHGME Payment Program, childrenкs teaching hospitals received a disproportionately low amount of Federal GME funding when compared to teaching hospitals that serve adult patients. ФThe purpose of the CHGME Payment Program is to compensate for the disparity in the level of Federal GME funding for freestanding children teaching hospitals versus other types of teaching hospitals. ФThe 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).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Health Resources and Services Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA Grants Application Center, 910 Clopper Road, Suite 155 South, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878
  JJenkins@hrsa.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contact Juliette Jenkins at (301)-44-3-10 Ext. 58 or email JJenkins@hrsa.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  JJenkins@hrsa.gov