tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 36

Rehab: 75-Percent Rule Is One Step Closer To Being Shelved

Congress may put quick end to controversial regulation.Rehab providers still have reason to hold out hope for an end to the much-maligned 75-percent rule.The U.S. House of Representatives Sept. 8 passed an amendment to the 2005 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill (H.R. 5006) that would halt the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' implementation of the 75-percent rule. The originally proposed amendment sought to delay the rule's implementation pending a study by the Institute of Medicine on the effect the restrictive rule would have on patient access to rehab...

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