SMART Act

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45 cosponsors · 28 D, 17 R

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Stabilizing Medicare Access to Rehabilitation and Therapy Act or the SMART Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Oct 8, 2021

Stabilizing Medicare Access to Rehabilitation and Therapy Act or the SMART Act

This bill modifies the application of a certain Medicare payment methodology for outpatient physical therapy services and outpatient occupational therapy services that are furnished by a therapy assistant.

Under current law, effective January 1, 2022, payment for such services is 85% of the otherwise applicable rate. The bill delays this effective date by one year and excludes services that are furnished in rural or medically underserved areas from this payment methodology.

The bill also specifies that supervision requirements for outpatient physical therapy services that are furnished through private practice may not be more stringent for purposes of Medicare coverage than under state law.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: SMART Act

Also known as: Stabilizing Medicare Access to Rehabilitation and Therapy Act

Latest action (Oct 11, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Oct 8, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.