Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit recognizing as reasonable costs any amounts for the direct costs of…

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to requiring institutions to have residency training and fellowship programs in geriatric medicine as a condition for payment of direct medical education costs under the medicare program.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit recognizing as reasonable costs any amounts for the direct costs of approved educational activities for approved medical residency training programs of a provider unless the provider has in effect: (1) an approved residency training program in the field of geriatric medicine; and (2) a two-year medical fellowship program in the field of geriatric medicine. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assign to each hospital and skilled nursing facility a number of two-year fellowships that an institution must maintain to meet the above requirement.