Kaiser Health News
Bolstering Medicare Coverage to Keep Seniors Strong
As you rightly point out, after 15 months of sheltering in place, older Americans are increasingly being negatively impacted by the indirect health effects of covid-19 — including loss of…
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Help specialty care providers
For specialty providers like physical and occupational therapists, the pandemic caused patient volume to plummet. Data shows that physical therapy saw a 34% drop in Medicare spending between January and…
Centre Daily Times
Stop Medicare Cuts to Specialty Care
As many of us begin thinking about the return to “normal,” the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will affect all of us for years to come. Health care providers…
APTQI Applauds Introduction of the Bipartisan Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act
If passed, the bipartisan bill would fund new educational opportunities to help diversify the physical, occupational, and speech therapy workforces Washington, D.C. –– The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and…
Issues & Insights
Congress Must Provide Long-Term Relief To Specialty Providers
As the United States emerged from the winter months of early 2021, it seemed – at last – that the nation had finally turned the corner on the darkest chapter…
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Proposed Medicare cuts hurt specialty providers
For specialty providers such as physical and occupational therapists, the pandemic caused patient volume to plummet. American Medical Association data shows that physical therapy saw a 34% drop in Medicare…
The Intelligencer
LTE: Long-term impacts of COVID-19
As many of us begin thinking about the return to “normal,” the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will affect all of us for years to come. Healthcare providers are…
Physical Therapy Products
APTQI Urges Congress to Ensure Continued Patient Access to Specialty Care, Investment in MPFS
The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation (APTQI), along with more than 60 organizations representing over one million physician and non-physician health care providers, call on Congress to enact…
APTQI Urges Congress to Ensure Continued Patient Access to Specialty Care, Investment in MPFS
In a letter to Congressional leadership, APTQI and 62 stakeholder groups call on lawmakers to invest an additional $3 billion in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in order to ensure…
APTQI Praises Congress, President Biden for Extending Critical Sequester Relief
Therapy leaders hail the final passage of the Medicare Sequester Relief Act, which will help stabilize the nation’s healthcare delivery system by extending the moratorium on the 2% cut to…