tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 35

THERAPY: Part B Therapy Goes Under the Microscope With DOTPA

Rehab community airs concerns to CMSYearning for the day when the Medicare outpatient therapy caps are no longer plaguing you and your patients? In 18 months, you'll be back at square one with the exceptions process expiring once again.CMS hopes to break that pattern by rethinking how it pays for Part B therapy with the Developing Out-patient Therapy Payment Alterna-tives (DOTPA) project, which CMS is implementing with contractor   RTI International.The focus of the DOTPA program is to develop case mix adjusters and outcomes measures that support alternative payment models for CMS to consider at the end...

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