URGENT ACTION NEEDED NOW!
Proposed cuts will impact senior care + the future of therapy services. #weAdvocate

Associations have made it easy for you to call on CMS to stop the significant payment reductions to Medicare in the 2021 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule. Letters to CMS are open through Monday, October 5 – so advocates must act quickly!

NASL [National Association for the Support of Long Term Care]

For NASL's Issue & Advocacy Center: click here

AOTA [American Occupational Therapy Association]

For AOTA's advocacy information & resources: click here

APTA [American Physical Therapy Association]

For APTA's advocacy information & resources: click here

ASHA [American Speech-Language-Hearing Association]

For ASHA's advocacy information & resources: click here

NARA [National Association of Rehabilitation Providers and Agencies]

For NARA's Advocacy Center: click here

View the Physicians Fee Schedule Proposed Cuts Fact Sheet [HERE!] from 2021 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule released on August 3, 2021.

AOTA, APTA, and ASHA strongly oppose the cuts slated for 2021. Our organizations call on Congress and CMS to advance well-reasoned fee schedule payment policies and waive budget neutrality.

AOTA

APTA strenuously opposes any attempt to reduce payment for physical therapy under Medicare. We view the planned cut from CMS as a dangerous and shortsighted move that will harm patients and shutter clinic doors.

APTA

ASHA is dismayed by the scale of the negative impact, given that audiologists and SLPs cannot bill E/M codes to the Medicare program to help offset the proposed reductions in 2021. ASHA is engaged in ongoing advocacy and collaboration with CMS, key decision makers—including members of Congress—and other provider groups to stop the cuts.

ASHA