APTQI Joins in Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Act on Preventing Deep Medicare Cuts for Next Year
APTQI has joined a coalition representing over one million physicians and non-physician healthcare clinicians in urging Congress to prevent the deep, across-the-board Medicare payment cuts for physicians planned for next year. In their letter, the organizations clarified that the medical field desperately needs relief before these cuts take effect on January 1st. Preventative action by…
New Report Shows Thousands of Physical Therapists Left the Workforce in 2021
About 22,000 physical therapists left the healthcare workforce in 2021, according to a new report from Definitive Healthcare. This trend represents yet another example of America’s worsening healthcare workforce shortage. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts about 15,400 openings for physical therapists each year, on average, over the next decade. Many of those openings result…
Letter from Bipartisan Senate Lawmakers Urges Leadership to Act on Medicare Payment Cuts
A bipartisan coalition of over 50 Senators co-signed a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday, November 2nd, urging quick and decisive action to mitigate financial insecurity caused by recently-finalized Medicare physician payment cuts planned for next year. Physicians and experts say that these cuts will…
Recognizing National Physical Therapy Month
This October marks National Physical Therapy Month, giving us a perfect opportunity to highlight seniors’ increasing need for quality and accessible care. Seniors rely on therapy to help them recover after a fall, to keep the mobility they need to play with their grandchildren, and to build strength to move freely about their homes and…
APTQI Joins 100 Groups in Letter to Reps. Bera & Bucshon in Support of H.R. 8800 Introduction
The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation (APTQI) has joined a coalition of 100 other groups, representing over one million physicians and non-physician health care clinicians, in signing a letter praising Representatives Ami Bera and Larry Bucshon’s introduction of H.R. 8800, The Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022. The proposed legislation mitigates the financial…
Thousands of Therapy Advocates Raise the Alarm About Proposed Medicare Cuts
In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced deep, across-the-board payment cuts to physical, occupational, and speech therapy as part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule for CY2023. APTQI and hundreds of other healthcare organizations were quick to raise concerns about the impact these cuts would have on providers…