Balanced Budget Act

NARA Spring Conference 2016 May 4 - 6, 2016 Renaissance Washington DC Hotel - Dupont Circle Major changes are in store for the health care sector which will have a profound effect on providers and their patients. The elections in November will bring a new President, determine which party will control the House and Senate, and usher in new leadership for regulatory agencies such as HHS and CMS. Federal agencies will take significant steps to implement new payment methodologies to replace the physician... Read More

One of the hot-button issues in the rehabilitation industry, as far as legislation is concerned, is the ongoing battle to get a full repeal of the Medicare Therapy Caps introduced as a result of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) in 1997.  This act has caused headaches for providers and patients alike. In part-one of this two-part series, we gave a big-picture view of the Therapy Cap and what it all entailed.  In part-two, we plan on giving a little more insight into what that actually means and the... Read More

As almost everyone in the rehabilitation industry is well aware, there was legislation enacted back in 1997, under the Balanced Budget Act, that placed an annual cap on rehabilitation services under Medicare.  While this legislation was intended to prevent organizations from taking advantage of the system, the harmful effect of denying patients the care they desperately need has more than overshadowed the “good” of that original intent. Therapy Cap Background The Balanced Budget... Read More