Full Repeal of Outpatient Medicare Therapy Cap Signed Into Law
Two decades of advocacy come to successful fruition, as a 2-year funding deal recently signed into law includes a full repeal of the cap on Medicare outpatient occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology services.
“For 20 years the therapy cap threatened to undermine the health and quality of life of millions of Medicare beneficiaries. Occupational therapy practitioners were faced with the possibility of denying services to those who needed them. This victory is a collective one that brought AOTA members, consumer groups, other providers, and Congress together to find a solution,” says Amy J. Lamb, OTD, OT/L, FAOTA, president of the American Occupational Therapy Association, in a media release.
