Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
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Published on Fri Jan 24, 2014 
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Coders and therapists don’t actually look forward to hearing updates about therapy caps, since they typically would prefer to hear that those caps didn’t exist. However, CMS has made therapy caps a necessary evil for yet another year, and the agency released the hard numbers last week.
According to MLN Matters article MM8407, for physical therapy and speech-language pathology combined, the therapy cap for 2014 will be $1,920. For occupational therapy, the cap will be $1,920 as well.
To read the CMS therapy cap guidance in its entirety, visit www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM8407.pdf.
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