To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit.
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for purposes of determining whether inpatient rehabilitation-facility services are reasonable and necessary under Medicare, to include recreational-therapy services among the therapeutic modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation-therapy program.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health
Allied health servicesHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit.
USA115th CongressHR-626| House
| Updated: 2/2/2017
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for purposes of determining whether inpatient rehabilitation-facility services are reasonable and necessary under Medicare, to include recreational-therapy services among the therapeutic modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation-therapy program.