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H.R. 8386119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Apr 20, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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Starting Jan. 1, 2027, Medicare would pay full rate for all therapy services in one session, not just the first.
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Right now, Medicare cuts payment by 50 percent for any therapy service given at the same time as another. This bill would end that cut starting January 1, 2027, so Medicare pays the full rate for every therapy service in a single session, no matter how many are provided at once. The change applies to both the standard Medicare physician fee schedule and the outpatient therapy and rehabilitation program.
Medicare patients who need more than one type of therapy at the same time — such as stroke survivors or people recovering from serious injuries — would be affected. So would the therapists and outpatient rehabilitation facilities that treat them and currently receive reduced payment for those additional services.
Therapists and facilities are currently paid less when they provide more than one therapy in the same session. This bill would change what Medicare pays for those combined sessions.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.