Legislation Introduced to Stop Cuts to Medicare Therapy Services

Action Needed to Stop the Cuts before January 1st In 2019 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first announced a proposal that would cut payments to dozens of Medicare Part B providers, including occupational therapy practitioners in 2021. Since that time, AOTA and a coalition including other therapy groups, surgeons, radiologists, and more, have lobbied CMS, Congress, and the Administration to stop these cuts from happening. These cuts were