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Physician Fee Schedule improves 2009 payments, excludes rehab agencies and CORFs from 90-day recertification rule

Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, December 17, 2008

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Thirty-day recertification required for rehab agencies and CORFs

The 2009 CMS Physician Fee Schedule finally presented therapists with some good news: The final rule that was published in the November 18, 2008, Federal Register increased professional payments for this year by 1.1%.

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