APTQI Commends US Senators for Introducing Legislation to Protect Providers from Medicare Cuts
The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation (APTQI) applauds Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), for introducing S. 5007.
If enacted, the legislation would provide critical relief to dozens of specialty providers scheduled to incur severe payment cuts starting in 2021, including physical, occupational, and speech language therapists.
As companion legislation to the bipartisan Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020 (H.R.8702), which was introduced in the US House of Representatives in October, S. 5007 would hold providers harmless from cuts for Medicare services provided through 2022.