3.0.0 2818 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z Senate S S 2014-09-16 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-09-16T19:26:19Z Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2013 113 3426 HR 2013-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2014-09-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2014-09-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2014-09-16 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2014-09-16 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2014-11-12 False Health Allied health services Contracts and agency Health personnel Medicare Health 00 2014-09-16 Introduced in Senate 2014-09-29T21:24:05Z Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians.

(Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular physician for reasons such as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education.)

]]> Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 Display Title Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements under Medicare. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2818is/xml/BILLS-113s2818is.xml 2014-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.