Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Therapy Caps Nudge Up $20 In New Year
Published on Fri Nov 21, 2014
Starting Jan. 1, you’ll have a little bit more room under the therapy cap, if you furnish Part B outpatient therapy services to patients in the home. Currently, the therapy cap is $1,920. In 2015, that will increase to $1,940, CMS notes in Nov. 14 CR 8970.
Remember: There’s one cap for physical therapy and speech therapy combined, and one for occupational therapy.
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