APTA Supports Bill Including Therapy Cap, Fee Schedule Provisions, USA

Medicare patients received relief from arbitrary caps on rehabilitation services under legislation signed by President Bush. The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) applauded the president and Congress for postponing inflexible financial limits - therapy caps without exceptions-on rehabilitation services and for reversing Medicare cuts for health professionals that were slated to begin on January 1.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on January 9th, 2008