APTQI Applauds Bipartisan Push to Prevent Severe Medicare Cuts, Provider Instability
247 Members of Congress urge House leadership to begin working on long-term reform to prevent impending cuts and bring stability to the Medicare payment system Washington, D.C. –– The Alliance…
APTQI Applauds Introduction of Legislation to Protect Rural Patients’ Access to Physical and Occupational Therapy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation (APTQI) today commended Representatives Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Jason Smith (R-MO) for introducing the Stabilizing Medicare Access to Rehabilitation and…
APTQI Opposes Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Cuts in Comment Letter to CMS
To prevent practice closures, opioid misuse, and senior falls resulting in serious injury and hospitalization, CMS must revisit the deep, across-the-board payment cuts to physical and occupational therapy included in…
APTQI Encourages COVID-19 Vaccination for Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Providers
Vaccination against COVID-19 shown to protect patients and preserve hospital capacity WASHINGTON – The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality & Innovation (APTQI) – an aligned group of therapists and practices…
APTQI Disappointed by CMS’ Proposed Continuation of Disruptive Payment Cuts to Specialty Services
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule for CY2022, again proposes deep, across-the-board payment cuts to physical, occupational and speech therapy despite bipartisan lawmaker and broad healthcare stakeholder opposition…
APTQI Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Loan Forgiveness Bill for Physical Therapists
If passed, H.R. 3759 would add physical therapists to the National Health Services Corps and offer student loan forgiveness for professionals who commit to serving high-need areas Washington, D.C. ––…
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…
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…
APTQI Hails Senate Passage of Medicare Sequester Relief Act (S.748)
Therapy leaders urge the House to pass corresponding legislation to extend the sequester moratorium and delay a 2% cut to all Medicare payments through the duration of the COVID-19 public…