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S 2818 113th Congress Senate Health Allied health services Contracts and agency Health personnel Medicare

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014

Introduced: September 16, 2014 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians.

(Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular physician for reasons such as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education.)

What's happening now September 16, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3426 Related bill Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2013
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Sep 16, 2014
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