Action Update! Advocacy on the PTA Payment Differential

Date:	Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Time:	7-8 p.m., ET
Location:	Social Media
Type:	APTA Live
Tickets:	Free event

On this APTA Live event, we'll provide an update on the final 2022 Medicare Fee Schedule rule and APTA’s advocacy efforts to get Congress to intervene.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, payment for outpatient therapy services furnished by physical therapist assistants is now reimbursed at 85% of the Medicare Fee Schedule. Patients are at risk of losing access to therapy services, especially in rural and underserved areas, just as we fight our way back from a pandemic that has increased patient need for those services and challenged the financial stability of providers.

Our speakers

Moderator: Jodi Pfeiffer, PTA

Justin Elliott, APTA vice president of government affairs

Kate Gilliard, JD, APTA senior regulatory affairs specialist

How to access

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