Hope this bill makes it through...BD
Medicare financial limits on critical rehabilitation services would be postponed under legislation introduced Tuesday by US Representatives Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) and Tom Allen (D-ME). These therapy caps on physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are scheduled to go into effect Jan 1, 2008. The Long Term Care Quality & Modernization Act of 2007(HR 4082), however, would extend an exceptions process based on the clinical judgment of health care providers.
"Patients in need of physical therapy should have their treatment determined by health care professionals - not arbitrary financial limitations," said American Physical Therapy Association President R Scott Ward, PT, PhD. "These barriers require seniors and individuals with disabilities to choose whether to pay the full cost for physical therapy or forgo needed treatment and a better quality of life."
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