tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 10

INDUSTRY NOTES: Congress Re-Introduces Therapy Cap Repeal Bill

Plus: Not-guilty verdict in Medicare fraud case.The newly elected 110th Congress hasn't forgotten about therapists' and their patients' cries for help. On Feb. 1, Congress re-introduced legislation S. 450/H.R. 748, the Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).This bill seeks to completely repeal the therapy cap on outpatient physical therapy benefits, as opposed to the current system where therapists may file for exceptions--which expires at the end of the year. "Passing this important legislation to completely repeal the therapy caps is the best long-term policy solution--rather than...

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