Congressional Therapy Champions Introduce Bill to Make Occupational Therapy Practitioners Permanent Telehealth Providers

Representatives Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and David McKinley (R-WV) introduced the Expanded Telehealth Access Act (H.R. 8755) on November 16. This bill would enable occupational therapy practitioners to provide occupational therapy (OT) services to Medicare beneficiaries via telehealth even after the current Public Health Emergency (PHE) expires. Legislation is essential because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indicated that it does not have the authority to extend the