APTA Advocacy Makes an Impact for Your Patients and the Physical Therapy Profession!
December 9, 2006 - Congress Passes Bill including extension of Therapy Cap Exception Process, Fee Schedule Provisions. Over December 8th and 9th, the US House of Representatives and the US Senate passed HR 6111 Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006. This legislation impacts more than a half million Medicare beneficiaries who would have had their services limited by an arbitrary cap will not face that restriction. Physical therapists will avoid payment cuts that would threaten to jeopardize the services they could offer to Medicare beneficiaries. Without the provisions of HR 6111, physical therapists would have seen the cap go into effect and payment cuts at or above 10.1% for 2007.
APTA members made a difference by taking action! They generated more than 2,500 phone calls through APTA's Action Line in 7 days during the week of November 13. APTA members generated more than 6,000 e-mails in the past month to members of Congress. This grassroots initiative, combined with extensive advocacy efforts from APTA, kept the therapy cap exceptions process extension a "must do" for Congress before adjourning for the year. Learn more about the Medicare Therapy Cap.
Thank you to every member of APTA! Your membership made a difference to speak out for your profession and your patients. Now it the time to tell all in the Physical Therapist profession about membership is MPTA/APTA.
MPTA Mission
The Michigan Physical Therapy Association is a professional organization representing physical therapists, physical therapist assistants and students who have joined together to assure that high ethical professional standards are maintained and that quality health care in the areas of prevention, education and rehabilitation of movement dysfunction and wellness are received for all consumers in the state of Michigan.
The Michigan Physical Therapy Association is a professional organization representing physical therapists, physical therapist assistants and students who have joined together to assure that high ethical professional standards are maintained and that quality health care in the areas of prevention, education and rehabilitation of movement dysfunction and wellness are received for all consumers in the state of Michigan.
Michigan Physical Therapy Association 3300 Washtenaw Avenue, Suite 220, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Phone: (734) 929-6075 or (800) 242-8131 - Fax: (734) 677-2407 - E-mail: mpta@mpta.com
Phone: (734) 929-6075 or (800) 242-8131 - Fax: (734) 677-2407 - E-mail: mpta@mpta.com