Cap vote to take place February 1
Rehab Regs, January 20, 2006
Final congressional action on the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (S. 1932) is scheduled for February 1, according to the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Web site. The bill includes a one-year change to the cap on Medicare Part B outpatient occupational therapy services.
AOTA encourages therapists to contact their member of the House of Representatives and urge him or her to pass legislation fixing the therapy caps when they return for the second session of the 109th Congress.
In terms of the outpatient therapy cap, the budget bill would make the following changes for 2006:
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