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January 11, 2011

Webinar Update from CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Provider Communications Group will host a national provider conference...

January 11, 2011

APTA recommends rejection of recommended work value for wound care

APTA urges payments that accurately reflect the resources needed to provide services including wound care. In comments...

January 2, 2011

Washington State Governor Restored Medicaid Funding for Therapy

Workign together a number of assocaitions provided the governor with “concrete suggestions” including alternative cuts that gave...

January 2, 2011

Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010 Update

The legislation recently stopped the 24.9% payment cut from occurring on January 1, 2011. However, CMS announced...

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December 21, 2010

Physical Therapists should be included in the ACO model to be fully effective

An Accountable Care Organization (ACO), is an organization of health care providers that agrees to be accountable...

December 9, 2010

The Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010

This legislation would prevent the scheduled 25.5% Medicare payment cut to physical therapists and other health care...

December 6, 2010

Phyical Therapists will continue to get paid by Medicare until Dec. 31

A new ruling provdes an update and avoids Medicare cuts for now. Law Extends Current Payment Until...

November 20, 2010

Temporary Reprieve to some Final Rule Changes Passed by Senate but the Fight is NOT Over!

Last night the Senate passed a bill by unanimous vote called The Physician Payment and Therapy Relief...

November 1, 2010

WebPT Brings You Local and National Legislation Updates: Optional PT services for children under Medicaid

Physical Therapy is often considered an “optional” service under Medicaid guidelines. Children can often suffer from this...

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