Dozens of Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge CMS to Protect Physical Therapy
In response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed 8% cut to physical therapy services, a bipartisan group of 55 Members of Congress signed a letter to CMS to voice their opposition to the proposed cuts. In the letter, led by Representative Bill Johnson (R-OH), the lawmakers emphasized the growing need for…
PT Community Floods CMS with Comment Letters on Proposed PFS Rule
Last month we asked for your help in reaching out to CMS, and advocates like you took action in overwhelming numbers! More than 41,000 letters were sent to CMS on the proposed Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule for CY 2020. Physical therapists in nearly all 50 states submitted more than 2,300 comment letters to the Centers…