Medicare Part B Therapy Services Changes for Fiscal Year 2025: Part 1

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Updated Telehealth Information for Physical Therapists (PTs), Occupational Therapists (OTs), and Speech-language Pathologists (SLPs) as of January 2025. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the Final Rule for the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), or Medicare Part B Rule, which will take effect on January 1, 2025. This comprehensive blog series outlines significant changes impacting therapy professionals, including Physical Therapists (PTs), Occupational Therapists (OTs), and Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs).   Rate Information The…

 What Do Providers Need to Know About Future Non-Therapy Ancillary (NTA) Changes?

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been collecting feedback from healthcare providers on how to improve the Non-Therapy Ancillary (NTA) component of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). In response to concerns and data analysis from Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2022, CMS has proposed several changes to simplify and improve how NTA points are assigned. While the NTA changes were not in effect on October 1, 2024, CMS has…

Group vs. Concurrent Therapy Part 2: Are You Documenting Accurately?

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In Part 2 of this two-part blog series “Group vs. Concurrent Therapy: Are You Documenting Accurately?” we will discuss actual documentation of examples that may not support group and concurrent therapy as skilled and reasonable. In Part 1, we reviewed the definitions of group and concurrent therapy. Both definitions can be found in the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual, Pages O-23-O-25. To refresh your memory, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) currently defines…