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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024) |
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Title 42 - Public Health |
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Chapter IV - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services |
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SubChapter H - Health Care Infrastructure and Model Programs |
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Part 512 - Episode Payment Model |
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Subpart H - CR Incentive Payment Model for EPM and Medicare Fee-for-Service Participants |
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Provisions for FFS-Cr Participants |
§ 512.745 - Waiver of physician definition for furnishing CR and ICR services to a FFS-CR beneficiary.
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§ 512.745 Waiver of physician definition for furnishing CR and ICR services to a FFS-CR beneficiary.
(a) General. Section 410.49 of this chapter requires cardiac rehabilitation and intensive cardiac rehabilitation services to be furnished under the direction of a physician as defined in § 410.49(a) of this chapter.
(b) Waiver of the physician definition. For a provider or supplier of CR or ICR services to a FFS-CR beneficiary during an AMI care period or CABG care period, as defined in § 512.2. CMS waives the physician definition to allow the functions of supervising physician, prescribing exercise, and establishing, reviewing, and signing an individualized treatment plan for CR or ICR services to be furnished under the direction of -
(1) A physician, as defined in section 1861(r)(1) of the Act; or
(2) A qualified nonphysician practitioner, as defined by CMS.
(c) Other definitions and requirements. All other definitions and requirements in § 410.49 of this chapter related to a physician or supervising physician continue to apply.