Healthcare

Contact: Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP (Missouri, USA)

As reported in the Kansas City and Wichita Business Journals, in January 2014, CMS will begin enforcing a law requiring the supervision of outpatient physical therapy services by physician or non-physician practitioners. Outpatient physical therapy services that do not meet this supervision requirement will not be reimbursed by Medicaid.

This requirement puts a strain on many smaller facilities who do not have the practioners available to meet the requirement. Outpatient physical therapy providers should plan accordingly or risk losing reimbursement.