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S 778 112th Congress Senate

Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.

Introduced: July 6, 2011 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
Health Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesCardiovascular and respiratory healthDepartment of Health and Human Services
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Health care coverage and accessHealth personnelHome and outpatient careMedicareRural conditions and development
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to state that, except with respect to high-risk or complex medical services requiring direct levels of supervision, if the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) requires supervision by a physician or non-physician practitioner for Medicare payment for therapeutic hospital outpatient services, that requirement is met if such services are furnished under the physician's or non-physician practitioner's general supervision.

Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a process for designating therapeutic hospital outpatient services for which direct supervision may be required for the entire service or direct supervision during the initiation of the service followed by general supervision for the remainder of the service.

Declares without force or effect in law regarding Medicare requirements for direct supervision by physicians for therapeutic hospital outpatient services a specified restatement and clarification under the final rulemaking changes to the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system and calendar year 2009 payment rates, which was published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2008.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 778: Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-778/
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