tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 42

REHAB THERAPISTS ~ You Could Lose Big Money In 2007 -- Unless Congress Steps In

New fee schedule and therapy caps spell bad news for your reimbursement. Not only will you be facing a $1,780-cap on physical therapy/speech-language pathology and the same cap on occupational therapy in 2007, but the final physician fee schedule aims to squeeze extra dollars from your facility as well.Payment for physical therapy services will drop up to 10 percent in 2007 under the final regulations that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released for the physician fee schedule, according to PT Bulletin Online.The payment cut is the result of a 5-percent reduction in the...

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