Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Heed New Therapy Cap

For home health agencies that furnish outpatient Part B therapy in the home, therapy caps are going up. The 2018 therapy cap for speech-language pathology services and physical therapy services (combined) is $2,010, notes the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Occupational therapy has a separate $2,010 cap. The figure is up from the current $1,980 cap. The cap exception process [...]
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