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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Medicare Program; Notification of
Closure of St. Vincent’s Medical Center
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
closure of St. Vincent’s Medical Center
and the initiation of an application
process for hospitals to apply to the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) to receive St. Vincent’s
Medical Center’s full time equivalent
(FTE) resident cap slots.
DATES: We will consider applications
received no later than 5 p.m. (e.s.t)
September 28, 2011 Applications must
be received, not postmarked, by this
date.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Renate Dombrowski, (410) 786–4645.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
Section 5506 of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111–
148), as amended by the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act of
2010 (Pub. L. 111–152) (collectively, the
‘‘Affordable Care Act’’), ‘‘Preservation of
Resident Cap Positions from Closed
Hospitals,’’ authorizes the Secretary to
redistribute residency slots after a
hospital that trained residents in an
approved medical residency program(s)
closes. Specifically, section 5506 of the
Affordable Care Act, amended the
Social Security Act (the Act), by adding
subsection (vi) to section 1886(h)(4)(H)
of the Act and modifying language at
section 1886(d)(5)(B)(v) of the Act, to
instruct the Secretary to establish a
process to increase the full time
equivalent (FTE) resident caps for other
hospitals based upon the FTE resident
caps in teaching hospitals that closed
‘‘on or after a date that is 2 years before
the date of enactment’’ (that is, March
23, 2008). In the November 24, 2010 CY
2011 Outpatient Prospective Payment
System (OPPS) final rule (75 FR 72212),
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we established regulations and an
application process for qualifying
hospitals to apply to CMS to receive
direct graduate medical education
(GME) and indirect medical education
(IME) FTE resident cap slots from the
hospital that closed. The procedures we
established apply both to teaching
hospitals that closed on or after March
23, 2008 and on or before August 3,
2010 and to teaching hospitals that
closed after August 3, 2010. For
teaching hospitals that closed on or after
March 23, 2008 and on or before August
3, 2010, we established an application
deadline of April 1, 2011, for a hospital
to request cap slots from the closed
hospital(s). We also stated in the
November 24, 2010 FY 2011 OPPS final
rule that hospitals that close at any
point after August 3, 2010 will fall into
the second category of applications, for
which we will provide a separate notice
with a future application deadline (75
FR 72215).
II. Provisions of the Notice
CMS has learned of the closure of
another teaching hospital that occurred
after August 3, 2010. The purpose of
this notice is to notify the public of the
closure of St. Vincent’s Medical Center,
provider number 33–0290, in New York
City. The hospital’s direct GME FTE
resident cap is 321.11 and the IME FTE
resident cap is 295.86. St. Vincent’s
Medical Center was located in corebased statistical area (CBSA) 35644. The
official date of the termination of the
Medicare provider agreement, and
therefore, the date of the closure, is
October 31, 2010.
In the November 24, 2010 CY 2011
OPPS final rule, we stated that the
application deadline for future hospital
closures would be 4 months following
the issuance of that notice to the public
(75 FR 72215). Therefore, hospitals
wishing to apply for and receive slots
from St. Vincent’s Medical Center’s FTE
resident caps must submit applications
to the CMS New York Regional Office
and to the CMS Central Office no later
than September 28, 2011. Applications
must be received, not postmarked, by
this date.
We refer readers to https://
www.cms.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/
06_dgme.asp#TopOfPage to download a
copy of the CMS Evaluation Form 5506,
which is the application form that
hospitals are to use to apply for slots
under section 5506 of the Affordable
Care Act. We also refer readers to this
Web site to access a copy of the CY 2011
OPPS November 24, 2010 final rule, for
an explanation of the policy and
procedures for applying for slots and the
redistribution of the slots under sections
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1886(h)(4)(H)(vi) and 1886(d)(5)(B)(v) of
the Act, as provided by section 5506 of
the Affordable Care Act. The mailing
addresses for the CMS New York
Regional Office and to the CMS Central
Office are included in this application
form.
In the November 24, 2010 CY 2011
OPPS final rule, we did not establish a
deadline by when CMS would issue the
final determinations to hospitals that
receive slots under section 5506 of the
Affordable Care Act. However, we will
review all applications received by the
September 28, 2011 deadline and notify
applicants of our determinations as soon
as possible.
III. Collection of Information
Requirements
This document does not impose
information collection and
recordkeeping requirements.
Consequently, it need not be reviewed
by the Office of Management and
Budget under the authority of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program No. 93.773 Medicare—Hospital
Insurance Program; and No. 93.774,
Medicare—Supplementary Medical
Insurance Program)
Dated: May 19, 2011.
Donald M. Berwick,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-1587-N]
Medicare Program; Notification of Closure of St. Vincent's
Medical Center
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the closure of St. Vincent's Medical
Center and the initiation of an application process for hospitals to
apply to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to receive
St. Vincent's Medical Center's full time equivalent (FTE) resident cap
slots.
DATES: We will consider applications received no later than 5 p.m.
(e.s.t) September 28, 2011 Applications must be received, not
postmarked, by this date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Renate Dombrowski, (410) 786-4645.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 5506 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(Pub. L. 111-148), as amended by the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-152) (collectively, the
``Affordable Care Act''), ``Preservation of Resident Cap Positions from
Closed Hospitals,'' authorizes the Secretary to redistribute residency
slots after a hospital that trained residents in an approved medical
residency program(s) closes. Specifically, section 5506 of the
Affordable Care Act, amended the Social Security Act (the Act), by
adding subsection (vi) to section 1886(h)(4)(H) of the Act and
modifying language at section 1886(d)(5)(B)(v) of the Act, to instruct
the Secretary to establish a process to increase the full time
equivalent (FTE) resident caps for other hospitals based upon the FTE
resident caps in teaching hospitals that closed ``on or after a date
that is 2 years before the date of enactment'' (that is, March 23,
2008). In the November 24, 2010 CY 2011 Outpatient Prospective Payment
System (OPPS) final rule (75 FR 72212), we established regulations and
an application process for qualifying hospitals to apply to CMS to
receive direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect medical
education (IME) FTE resident cap slots from the hospital that closed.
The procedures we established apply both to teaching hospitals that
closed on or after March 23, 2008 and on or before August 3, 2010 and
to teaching hospitals that closed after August 3, 2010. For teaching
hospitals that closed on or after March 23, 2008 and on or before
August 3, 2010, we established an application deadline of April 1,
2011, for a hospital to request cap slots from the closed hospital(s).
We also stated in the November 24, 2010 FY 2011 OPPS final rule that
hospitals that close at any point after August 3, 2010 will fall into
the second category of applications, for which we will provide a
separate notice with a future application deadline (75 FR 72215).
II. Provisions of the Notice
CMS has learned of the closure of another teaching hospital that
occurred after August 3, 2010. The purpose of this notice is to notify
the public of the closure of St. Vincent's Medical Center, provider
number 33-0290, in New York City. The hospital's direct GME FTE
resident cap is 321.11 and the IME FTE resident cap is 295.86. St.
Vincent's Medical Center was located in core-based statistical area
(CBSA) 35644. The official date of the termination of the Medicare
provider agreement, and therefore, the date of the closure, is October
31, 2010.
In the November 24, 2010 CY 2011 OPPS final rule, we stated that
the application deadline for future hospital closures would be 4 months
following the issuance of that notice to the public (75 FR 72215).
Therefore, hospitals wishing to apply for and receive slots from St.
Vincent's Medical Center's FTE resident caps must submit applications
to the CMS New York Regional Office and to the CMS Central Office no
later than September 28, 2011. Applications must be received, not
postmarked, by this date.
We refer readers to https://www.cms.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/06_dgme.asp#TopOfPage to download a copy of the CMS Evaluation Form 5506,
which is the application form that hospitals are to use to apply for
slots under section 5506 of the Affordable Care Act. We also refer
readers to this Web site to access a copy of the CY 2011 OPPS November
24, 2010 final rule, for an explanation of the policy and procedures
for applying for slots and the redistribution of the slots under
sections 1886(h)(4)(H)(vi) and 1886(d)(5)(B)(v) of the Act, as provided
by section 5506 of the Affordable Care Act. The mailing addresses for
the CMS New York Regional Office and to the CMS Central Office are
included in this application form.
In the November 24, 2010 CY 2011 OPPS final rule, we did not
establish a deadline by when CMS would issue the final determinations
to hospitals that receive slots under section 5506 of the Affordable
Care Act. However, we will review all applications received by the
September 28, 2011 deadline and notify applicants of our determinations
as soon as possible.
III. Collection of Information Requirements
This document does not impose information collection and
recordkeeping requirements. Consequently, it need not be reviewed by
the Office of Management and Budget under the authority of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.773
Medicare--Hospital Insurance Program; and No. 93.774, Medicare--
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: May 19, 2011.
Donald M. Berwick,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2011-13478 Filed 5-27-11; 8:45 am]
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