Medicare Access: Nurses and PAs Can Now Authorize Heart and Lung Rehab.
This law expands who can authorize and supervise cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs covered by Medicare. It allows Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Clinical Nurse Specialists to take on these roles, which were previously limited primarily to physicians. This change aims to speed up access to crucial recovery services for seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries.
Key points
Medicare beneficiaries gain faster access to heart and lung rehabilitation programs.
Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Clinical Nurse Specialists can now prescribe and supervise these rehabilitation services.
The rules for where cardiac rehabilitation can take place are slightly broadened ("office setting" instead of "physician's office").
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