The message below has been crafted by Debbie Kelly, Executive
Director of the Virginia Chapter of the APTA. This summarizes the
resources available to you to assist in better understanding the new
Medicare Therapy Cap and the extension process. Please make note of
the audio conference that is to take place on March 15 which will be
hosted by the APTA and designed to allow you to ask questions and to
hear questions posed by your peers also impacted by this change. If
you are unable to participate in the audio conference event, you
have the option of purchasing a CD of the conference for reference.

If you have any questions regarding obtaining access to the
information cited below, please email Angela Brooks at
AngelaSBrooks@....


Angela S. Brooks, P.T.
VPTA, Payer Relations Specialist

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Therapy Cap FAQs and Other Information Available Online

APTA has been receiving hundreds of calls on the new exceptions
process that will be implemented March 13 for the Therapy Cap and
has posted answers to many of the most frequently asked questions on
APTA's Web site at <http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?
Section=Therapy_Cap&DIRECTLISTCOMBOIND=D&CONTENTID=28860&NAVMENUID=52
8&TEMPLATE=/MembersOnly.cfm>.

These FAQs will be updated regularly as the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) moves forward with the implementation
process. Additional information regarding the Therapy Cap, including
information for patients (<http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?
Section=Therapy_Cap&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=28815>)
, a detailed summary of the exception process
(<http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?
Section=Medicare1&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&NavMenuID=528&ContentID=2
8861&DirectListComboInd=D>), and links to the CMS transmittals
(<http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?
Section=Medicare1&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=28525>)
also are available.


Upcoming Therapy Cap Audio Conference

APTA will host an audio conference on "The New Therapy Cap Exception
Process & Documentation Requirements: What You NEED to Know" on
Wednesday, March 15, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm Eastern time. Expert
consultant Stephen M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA, and Gayle Lee, JD,
Director of APTA Regulatory Affairs, will explain the new process
and respond to questions during the live call. For more information
or to register for this discussion, please visit
<http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?
Section=Federal_Regulatory_Affairs&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CO
NTENTID=28866>.