Medicare home health accessibility act introduced in 118th congress

On January 30, Representatives Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John Joyce, MD (R-PA), and Paul Tonko (D-NY) introduced the Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act (H.R. 7148), which would establish occupational therapy (OT) as a qualifying Medicare home health benefit. Passage of the bill would mean that the need for OT would allow a beneficiary to receive home health care services without having to also receive nursing, physical therapy, or speech services as required under current Medicare policy.