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S. 2225 119th Congress Senate

Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements under Medicare.

Introduced: July 9, 2025 Introduced by: Ben Ray Luján Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
Health Contracts and agencyHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelHome and outpatient care
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Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicare
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 9, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2225: Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2225/
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"S. 2225: Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2225/.
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S. 2225, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2225/.
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[S. 2225: Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2225/)
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