REHAB: Final Fee Schedule Offers Two Boons For Therapists
Find out what the rehab industry can expect in 2005.
Sometimes CMS gives with one hand while taking away with the other. That's what the agency has done in the final Physician Fee Schedule for 2005 for therapy - but both actions are to therapists' benefit.The final 2005 physician fee schedule, published in the Nov. 15 Federal Register, reads almost exactly like the proposed regulation where therapy interests are concerned, which is a big relief to therapists. "The rehab industry negotiated well, and they got what they wanted," notes consultant Fran Fowler with Fowler Healthcare Affiliates in...
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