The legislative session for 2022 is coming to an end next week and we need your help with one more push to get the SMART Act (HR 5536) and Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022 (HR 8800) bills passed.While HR 5536 amends the Social Security Act to revise payment rules...

Push your Senators to improve access and reduce administrative burden. Lawmakers are working hard to put together an end-of-year legislative package. Everyone is asking for their pet project to be included, so your lawmakers need to hear from you too. Your input can...

Lawmakers need to feel the pressure of your asks.  Following up on previous requests can be very effective—especially in an election year when incumbents are trying to show how they’ve been working for you.Email your Senators asking them to cosponsor the Prevent...

Last week, the House passed the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (S.3018/H.R.3173) which seeks to improve transparency and accountability for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans as they use prior authorization.The bill will require MA plans to establish an electronic...

Current Medicare rules require direct supervision in outpatient clinical settings—this requires the supervising therapist to be in the same physical location as the therapist assistant. However, for the duration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), CMS...

Previous advocacy efforts resulted in a geographically-limited law which only allows physical therapists in private practice who have clinics located in designated Health Professional Shortage Areas, medically underserved, and rural areas to retain a locum tenens to...

Now that the PTA/OTA differential has gone into effect, we must keep up the pressure on lawmakers to pass H.R.5536 in order to suspend the PTA/OTA differential for the rest of the year and exempt those in rural and medically underserved areas. The...

As we alerted you previously, the PTA/OTA differential has gone into effect, and we must keep up the pressure on lawmakers to pass HR5536 in order to suspend the PTA/OTA differential for the rest of the year and exempt those in rural and medically underserved areas...

Now that the PTA differential has gone into effect, rehabilitation therapy stakeholders are keeping up the pressure on lawmakers to pass HR5536 in order to suspend the PTA/OTA differential for the rest of the year and exempt those in rural and medically underserved areas...