RSD - OT & PT Exeptions

OUTPATIENT THERAPY CAPS: EXCEPTIONS PROCESS REQUIRED BY THE DRA (Deficit Reduction Act)

RSD has been granted an automatic exception to the limitation below.

Background: Section 4541 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) required the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to impose financial limitations or caps on outpatient physical, speech-language and occupational therapy services by all providers, other than hospital outpatient departments. The law required a combined cap for physical therapy and speech-language pathology, and a separate cap for occupational therapy. Due to a series of moratoria enacted subsequently to the BBA, the caps were only in effect in 1999 and for a few months in 2003. With the expiration of the most recent moratorium, the caps were reinstated on January 1, 2006 at $1,740 for each cap.

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