The special way of life Kansans enjoy would not be possible without access to quality health care. Unfortunately, Washington health policies often fail to account for the realities of rural health care. Rural hospitals facing medical workforce shortages need reasonable flexibility to appropriately staff their facilities so they can provide a full range of services to their communities. A CMS policy requiring a supervising physician to be physically present when Medicare beneficiaries receive outpatient therapy service, the majority of which are low risk, jeopardizes access to important care. To address this issue, today I introduced S. 1143, the Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act to preserve patient safety and ease unreasonable regulations on hospitals. Click the link below to learn more.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:52:16 +0000