; Authorizing Medicare and Medicaid inpatient hospital patients to be under the care of a nurse practitioner. Sec. 108. Improving access to Medicaid clinic services. TITLE II—Removal of Barriers to Practice on Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Sec. 201. Clarifying that certified registered nurse anesthetists can be reimbursed by Medicare for evaluation and management services. Sec. 202. Revision of conditions of payment relating to services ordered and referred by certified registered nurse anesthetists. Sec. 203. Special payment rule for teaching student registered nurse anesthetists. Sec. 204. Removing unnecessary and costly supervision of certified registered nurse anesthetists. Sec. 205. CRNA services as a Medicaid-required benefit. TITLE III—Removal of Barriers to Practice on Certified Nurse-Midwives Sec. 301. Improving access to training in maternity care. Sec. 302. Improving medicare patient access to home health services provided by certified nurse-midwives. Sec. 303. Improving access to DMEPOS for Medicare beneficiaries. Sec. 304. Technical changes to qualifications and conditions with respect to the services of certified nurse-midwives. TITLE IV—Improving Federal Health Programs for All Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Sec. 401. Revising the local coverage determination process under the Medicare program. Sec. 402. Locum tenens. TITLE V—Miscellaneous Sec. 501. Effective date. I Removal of Barriers to Practice on Nurse Practitioners 101. Expanding access to cardiac rehabilitation programs and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare program (a) Cardiac rehabilitation programs Section 1861(eee) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(eee) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking a physician’s office and inserting the office of a physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1)) or the office of a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, or physician assistant (as those terms are defined in subsection (aa)(5))