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RATC Poised to Push for Rehab Carve Out

June 25, 2007 - Source: HomeCareMag.com

In an urgent race against time, the American Association for Homecare's Rehab and Assistive Technology Council is crafting a letter that implores HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt to exclude complex rehab from Medicare's competitive bidding project.   "We believe that the secretary has the authority to exempt Group 3 [complex rehab] from competitive bidding and plan to push that issue," said Tim Pederson of WestMed Rehab in Rapid City, S.D., new chair of the council.   Pederson said on Friday that the letter had not yet been finalized, but the RATC hopes to have it completed and sent sometime this week. That still gives the secretary time to act before CMS' bidding window closes on July 13, he said.

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