Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025

This bill expands Medicare coverage for cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs by allowing more healthcare providers to prescribe these services. It specifically permits physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists (in addition to physicians) to prescribe rehabilitation exercises under Medicare. The bill modifies existing Medicare definitions to include these providers, removing the exclusive reference to "physicians" in program requirements. These changes apply to both cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs and take effect six months after the bill becomes law. The policy directly affects Medicare beneficiaries seeking these rehabilitation services and healthcare facilities providing them.