New APTA-Backed Bill Aims to Allow All PTs to Avoid Interruptions in Care
New APTA-Backed Bill Aims to Allow All PTs to Avoid Interruptions in Care It has been nearly 4 years since some PTs were first allowed to bring in another licensed PT to treat Medicare patients during temporary absences. Could 2021 be the year the opportunity is extended to PTs everywhere? An APTA-backed bill could make that possible, according to a media release. Known as the Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act (H.R. 1611), a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 8 seeks to expand the ability of PTs to engage in what CMS is now calling “reciprocal billi...
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