AOTA Works to Avert 8% Cut to Outpatient Therapy Services in 2021

The 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, released in November 2019, finalized changes to the fee schedule that could result in an up to 8% cut to reimbursement for occupational therapy services. These cuts are not because of a revaluation of occupational therapy services. Rather, the rule finalized increases to the physician Evaluation and Management (E/M) code values. Budget neutrality policies require that an increase