Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Sep 16, 2014)
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians.
(Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular physician for reasons such as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education.)
What just happenedSep 16, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateSep 16, 2014
- Sep 16, 2014IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Sep 16, 2014IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate