Medicare changed its payment policy for physical, occupational and speech therapy in skilled nursing facilities Oct. 1, 2019, moving to a new system called the Patient-Driven Payment Model (P.D.P.M.).

Blue Cross is starting a new billing policy April 1 for physical therapy providers that, by the health insurer's calculation, would result in an average 17% reimbursement cut for PT clinics.

Blue Cross is starting a new billing policy April 1 for physical therapy providers that, by the health insurer's calculation, would result in an average 17% reimbursement cut for PT clinics.

A new Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan policy that starts April 1 is expected to result in an average 17% reimbursement cut for physical therapy.