Medicare and Medicaid programs: schedules of guidelines for physical therapy and respiratory therapy services--Health Care Financing Administration. Final notice with a request for comments.
This notice amends the current schedules of salary equivalency guidelines for Medicare program reimbursement for the reasonable costs of physical therapy and respiratory therapy services furnished under an arrangement with a hospital or other provider. The schedules will be used by the program's fiscal intermediaries to determine the maximum allowable cost of such services. These schedules update the schedule published on October 6, 1978 (43 FR 46377), for physical therapy services, and those published on June 3, 1980 (45 FR 37527), for respiratory therapy services. In addition, these guidelines apply to reimbursement under the Medicaid program where they have been incorporated in the State plans or where States follow the Medicare principles of reimbursement.
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