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*Way to go! Let's keep pressure on the House. * ** *Senate Passes Legislation to Prevent Medicare Payment Reductions and Therapy Cap * Tonight, the US Senate passed the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010, which would prevent the scheduled 25.5% Medicare payment cut to physical therapists and other health care providers paid under the physician fee schedule. The provision in the bill would reverse the scheduled Jan 1, 2011 reduction and extend the current Medicare payment rates through Dec. 31, 2011. The estimated cost of the provision is $14.9 billion over 10 years. The bill also contains several Medicare extender provisions, including the extension of the therapy cap exceptions process and the 1.0 work floor of the geographical price cost index (GPCI) until Dec 31, 2011. In addition, the legislation would repeal the delay of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Resource Utilization Group -Version 4 (RUG-IV). The legislation would be entirely paid for by reclaiming larger portions of individuals' exchange subsidies, issued under health care reform, if they misreport their income. The bill will now be sent to the US House of Representatives for consideration. > -- > Kevin Lockette PT > www.ohanapacificrehab.com > www.parkinsonsmoveit.com > Kailua Clinic 808 262-1118 > Honolulu Clinic 808 593- 2610 > Cell Phone 808 228-0340 > > > SPECIAL NOTE: This communication is intended solely for the individual or > the entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is > privileged, confidential, and/or prohibited from disclosure. If the reader > of this communication is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify us immediately at the above telephone number provided and > return the original message to us at the above address via the U.S. Postal > Service. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Thank you. > -- Kevin Lockette PT www.ohanapacificrehab.com www.parkinsonsmoveit.com Kailua Clinic 808 262-1118 Honolulu Clinic 808 593- 2610 Cell Phone 808 228-0340 SPECIAL NOTE: This communication is intended solely for the individual or the entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or prohibited from disclosure. If the reader of this communication is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately at the above telephone number provided and return the original message to us at the above address via the U.S. Postal Service. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn