Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Shelley Capito
Introduced
Summary
Expands who can provide Medicare cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. This bill would let physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists run cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehab programs, write and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise in office settings.
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- Medicare patients: More beneficiaries could access cardiac and pulmonary rehab because services could come from more clinician types and be delivered in broader office settings. These changes would apply to items and services furnished six months after enactment.
- Clinicians: Physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists would be explicitly allowed to administer rehab programs, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise under Medicare.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More rehab providers for Medicare
This bill would let more clinician types prescribe cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation for people on Medicare. It would allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to prescribe the exercise. It would also broaden the described office setting for cardiac rehab from "a physician's office" to "the office setting." These changes would apply to items and services furnished six months after enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Shelley Capito
WV • R
Cosponsors
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 2/25/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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