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Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements under Medicare.
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Summary
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025
This bill allows a physical therapist to receive payment under Medicare for services provided to the physical therapist's patients by another physical therapist through a qualifying temporary arrangement, regardless of the geographic area or population served. Currently, physical therapists may only receive payment with respect to such arrangements for services provided in medically underserved, rural, or health professional shortage areas.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jul 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jul 9, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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