New Subsets of Modifier 59 Not Being Implemented in Outpatient Therapy Settings
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has responded to an inquiry by the American Physical Therapy Association, American Occupational Therapy Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association as to when and whether physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists should use a new subset of modifiers that CMS announced in August 2014. At this time, CMS states for providers of outpatient therapy services to