Make Your Voice Heard on Medicare OTA Payment Modifier Implementation!

The 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (MPFS) addresses the new requirement to report a modifier when an occupational therapy assistant (OTA) performs a service "in whole or in part." The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has set a "de minimis" standard that defines "in part" as exceeding 10% of the service. By now many of you have heard that the 2020 proposed MPFS contains substantial changes to how CMS previously