New study analyzes reimbursement trends for minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery, one of the fastest-growing areas of orthopedics “A Comprehensive Analysis of Medicare Reimbursement to Physicians for Common Arthroscopy Procedures: Adjusted Reimbursement has Fallen Nearly 30% from 2000 to 2019,” printed in the December issue…
Proposed 9 percent reduction will ultimately be closer to 3 percent For most of 2020, APTA worked against a proposed 9 percent reduction in payment to PTs under Medicare. But some good news came in two waves in the first days of 2021, considerably…
Medicare has closed its window for accepting comments on the upcoming cuts to therapy reimbursements, but the fight continues. The American Physical Therapy Association and many of it’s members, stakeholders, federal lawmakers, and other professions that will be hurt by the cut have not…
Estimates say 47,000 professionals communicate directly with lawmakers Capitol Hill lawmakers received a direct response to a proposed 9% cut to Medicare payment in the form of over 47,000 members of the physical therapy profession. The latest advocacy infusion came by way of APTA’s…
Findings based on over 110,000 cases A new report from eHealth, Inc. (eHealth.com) finds that average Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MAPD) plan or stand-alone Medicare Part D plan could save $782 per year ($65.17 per month) by enrolling in…
An Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage, or ABN, is a liability waiver form that is given when a healthcare provider or medical supply company thinks or knows Medicare will not cover something. Not every ABN is the same, some are skilled nursing facilities ABNs…
Outpatient Therapy Modernization and Stabilization Act (H.R. 7154) May Be The Good News We Have All Been Looking For Regarding Medicare Services Looking for some good news for Medicare services? After months of hearing about upcoming cuts and negative changes there is some new…
New CMS guidance allows PTs to make full use of telehealth after APTA wins battle with6 CMS The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will now include PTs in private practice among the providers able to bill for services provided through real-time face-to-face…
Clearing Up Confusion on medicare and ABN Forms An ABN is a form that practitioners use to notify a Medicare patient that Medicare might not cover the therapy services he or she is about to receive. It is a form that allows beneficiaries to…
Hospitals in rural areas to receive added help The House of Representatives today voted 230-192 to approve the Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), legislation that would make changes to the Medicare program in an effort to lower prescription drug prices. “H.R.…