Therapy Caps Exceptions Process A Possible Vehicle For Extender Policies In Two Years

By Michelle M. Stein / April 17, 2015 at 4:09 PM
The final SGR replacement signed into law Thursday (April 16) continued a package of short-term Medicare payment policies known as “extenders” that traditionally passed alongside SGR for two years -- including the therapy caps exceptions process that one Senate Republican aide said is necessary for the extenders package to carry itself without SGR in two years. Three senators that are co-sponsors for a bill to repeal therapy caps voted against an amendment to the Sustainable Growth Rate replacement law to...


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