tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 17

Rehab: Therapists Cheer Physician Self-Referral Scrutiny

Congressional proposals could mean more business for therapists.Therapy providers who've been losing sleep over physician-owned specialty facilities siphoning off their patients can rest easy. Congress is considering a permanent clamp down on physician self-referrals that could put money back in therapists' pockets.The Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee held hearings March 8 to discuss physician referrals to specialty hospitals they own. Finance Committee Chair Charles Grassley (R-IA) is considering legislation that will prohibit investing physicians from referring patients to their specialty hospitals, according to a March 11 American Physical Therapy Association bulletin...

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