tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 2

REHAB: Therapists Haven't Won Direct Access - Yet

Here's why therapists still have hope for the future. Therapists hoping for direct access to rehab services for Medicare beneficiaries might have to take matters into their own hands.The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission decided recently it will not advise Congress in January to change Medicare's requirement that beneficiaries receive a physician referral for physical therapy, citing lack of compelling information supporting such a change.In response, the American Physical Therapy Association has suggested "a multi-site demonstration project that could provide the information MedPAC needs to accurately assess the impact of providing Medicare beneficiaries with direct access to physical...

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