With all the bluster on Capitol Hill about Healthcare Reform, the plan to include an extension to the Medicare part B therapy cap exceptions process fell apart last week with little fanfare. The exception rule expired on December 31, 2009.
Currently there is a annual cap totaling $1,860 per patient for Therapy services. In years past, the exception to the therapy cap for patients in dire need of therapy care was routinely extended. The exception was supposed to be included in last week’s Jobs bill, but it was shelved due to political machinations.
This is having a major negative impact on many healthcare providers and the patients that they treat. The therapy industry was devastated the last time the exception lapsed for a significant period of time in the late 1990s.
If you would like to take positive action to extend the Medicare part B therapy cap exceptions, please see the AHCA CapWiz page.
Currently there is a annual cap totaling $1,860 per patient for Therapy services. In years past, the exception to the therapy cap for patients in dire need of therapy care was routinely extended. The exception was supposed to be included in last week’s Jobs bill, but it was shelved due to political machinations.
This is having a major negative impact on many healthcare providers and the patients that they treat. The therapy industry was devastated the last time the exception lapsed for a significant period of time in the late 1990s.
If you would like to take positive action to extend the Medicare part B therapy cap exceptions, please see the AHCA CapWiz page.
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