The unfathomable Part B payment cuts to therapy services and other medical professionals that bill on behalf of their patients will go into effect on January 1, 2021!
Specifically, these offsetting cuts include:
- A 9% cut to outpatient PT and OT services and a 6% cut to ST services for CY 2021;
- Portable x-ray services (among others) is decreased by 6%;
- Cuts to physician and nurse practitioner services when billed in the nursing facility.