1.Allowing physician
assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise
cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs
(a)Cardiac and
intensive cardiac rehabilitation programsSection 1861(eee) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(eee)) is amended—
(1)in paragraph
(1)—
(A)by striking
physician-supervised
; and
(B)by inserting
under the supervision of a physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1))
or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as
those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5))
before the period at the
end;
(2)in paragraph
(2)(B), by striking a physician
and inserting a physician
(as defined in subsection (r)(1)) or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner,
or clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined in subsection
(aa)(5))
; and
(3)in paragraph
(4)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i)—
(A)by striking
physician-supervised
; and
(B)by inserting
under the supervision of a physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1))
or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as
those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5))
after paragraph
(3)
.
(b)Pulmonary
rehabilitation programsSection 1861(fff)(1) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(fff)(1)) is amended—
(1)by striking
physician-supervised
; and
(2)by inserting
under the supervision of a physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1))
or a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as
those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5))
before the period at the
end.