S 793
118th Congress
Senate
Health
Contracts and agency
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2023
Introduced: March 14, 2023
Introduced by:
Luján, Ben Ray
Democratic
· New Mexico
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To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 14, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2023
This bill allows a physical therapist to receive payment under Medicare for services provided to the physical therapist's patients by another physical therapist through a qualifying temporary arrangement, regardless of the geographic area or population served. Currently, physical therapists may only receive payment with respect to such arrangements for services provided in medically underserved, rural, or health professional shortage areas.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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