This 2-hour online course will teach participants what CMS is proposing for 2027 for outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy servcies.
On March 11, 2025, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 1986 to fund the government through September 30, 2025. On March 14, 2025, the United States also passed this legislation and President Trump has signed it into law. In this article, I will provide the answers to the following topics regarding this legislation and its impact on outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy services:
If you are on social media, whether Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), I am sure you are seeing posts of therapists in private practices complaining about the difference in reimbursement hospital outpatient therapy departments receive compared to a private practice when providing the exact same intervention(s) and/or procedure(s). However, instead of complaining, I think private practices should use this discrepancy to their advantage. In this article, I will answer the following questions and provide valuable insight how private practices can use this discrepancy to increase their business and revenue.
On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule. This final rule does have regulatory and reimbursement implications for outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy provided in all outpatient therapy settings. In this article, I will inform you of what CMS has finalized on the following topics:
On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule. This proposed rule does have regulatory and reimbursement implications for outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy provided in all outpatient therapy settings. In this article, I will inform you of what CMS is proposing on the following topics:
Many employees of hospitals do not understand how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimburse for outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy services provided by a hospital outpatient therapy department. Does CMS reimburse for these services under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) or the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)? In this article, I will answer the following questions:
On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule. This final rule does have regulatory and reimbursement implications for outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy provided in all outpatient therapy settings in calendar year 2024. In this article, I will inform you of what CMS finalized on the following topics:
On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule. This proposed rule does have regulatory and reimbursement implications for outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy provided in all outpatient therapy settings. In this article, I will inform you of what CMS is proposing on the following topics: