Therapy Caps - Advocacy Campaign

Archives 1999 - 2006

This page provides information on ASHA's previous advocacy efforts.

2006 Advocacy Tools & Information

2005 Advocacy Tools & Information

2003 Advocacy Tools & Information

2001 - 2002 Advocacy Tools & Information

1999 - 2000 Advocacy Tools & Information

2006 Advocacy Tools & Information

• Congress Extends Therapy Cap Exception Process & Halts Scheduled Fee Cuts (12/11/06)
• Urge Your Legislators to Extend Medicare Therapy Cap Exceptions Process during Lame-Duck Session (11/13/06)
• Stop the Therapy Caps Ad, The Hill [PDF] (11/13/06)
• Stop the Therapy Caps Ad, Roll Call [PDF] (11/13/06)
• Joint Congressional Letters Support Extension of Therapy Cap Exceptions (06/09/06)
• Senate Letter on Therapy Cap Extension [PDF] (06/09/06)
• House Letter on Therapy Cap Extension [PDF, 1.7MB] (06/09/06)
• Representative English Press Release [PDF] (06/09/06)
• Medicare Part B Therapy Cap Exception Process (Members-only) (02/15/06)
• Congress Passes Therapy Cap Exceptions Process, Avoid Cuts in Fees (02/02/06)
• MedPAC Releases Outpatient Therapy Report (01/31/06)
• CMS Provides Insight Into Exceptions Process (01/27/06)
• CMS Letter to Congress Outlining Proposed Exemptions Process [PDF] (01/27/06)
• Medicare Caps Back & Fees Cut, Pending Congressional Action (01/03/06)
• CMS Releases Information to Prepare for Therapy Caps Effective January 1, 2006 [PDF] (11/18/05)
• Therapy Cap Moratorium Included in Senate Finance Committee Budget Bill (10/25/05)

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2005 Advocacy Tools & Information

• CMS Releases Information to Prepare for Therapy Caps Effective January 1, 2006 [PDF] (11/18/05)
• Send 'Letter to the Editor' to Block Return of Therapy Caps (11/04/05)
• Therapy Cap Moratorium Included in Senate Finance Committee Budget Bill (10/25/05)
• Ad Campaign Launched Against Return of Therapy Caps (10/24/05)
• ASHA Calls for Action as Therapy Cap Countdown Drops Under 100 Days (09/28/05)
• Action Needed to Halt Restart of Therapy Caps! (08/30/05)

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2003 Advocacy Tools & Information

• CMS Issues Guidance on Therapy Caps Suspension (12/12/03)
• Victory! Therapy Caps Suspended December 8th (12/08/03)
• 2003 Medicare Therapy Cap Implementation Q & A [PDF] (09/01/03)
•  June 2003 Fact Sheet: New Medicare Limits on Therapy Services [PDF]
• Program Memorandum Intermediaries/Carriers
  • AB-03-097: Delay in Implementation of Outpatient Therapy Caps to September 1, 2003 [PDF] (07/03/03)
  • AB-03-085: Beneficiary Notice of Implementation of Outpatient Therapy Service Limitations [PDF] (06/10/03)
  • AB-03-073: Provider Education Article: Financial Limitations of Claims for Outpatient Services [PDF] (05/23/03)
  • AB-03-057: Implementation of the Financial Limitations for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services [PDF] (05/02/03)
  • AB-03-018: Implementation of the Financial Limitations for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services [PDF] (02/07/03)

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2001 - 2002 Advocacy Tools & Information

• Countdown to the Cap Fax [PDF] (07/26/02)
• NASL $1,500 Outpatient Therapy Caps Repeal Action Guide [PDF, 2.1MB] (07/25/02)
• Consumer Disability Group Letter to Congress [PDF] (07/19/02)
• Senate Dear Colleague Letter - S. 1394 [PDF] (02/02)
• House Dear Colleague Letter - H.R. 3834 [PDF] (02/02)
• Therapy Cap Letter to President Bush [PDF] (01/25/02)
• Repeal Beneficiary Cap on Therapy Services Brief (01/02)
• Beneficiary Impact of Therapy Cap Brief (01/02)
• $1500 Cap History & Background (12/01)
• Ad: Repeal the $1500 Cap [PDF] (12/01)

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1999 - 2000 Advocacy Tools & Information

• $1500 Cap Campaign Cover Letter [PDF] (08/2000)
• Sample Letter to Congress [PDF] (08/2000)
• Message on $1500 Cap Moratorium [PDF] (11/1999)
• House Ways and Means Testimony [PDF] (10/1999)
• Action Kit Cover Letter [PDF] (08/1999)
• Letter to Editor [PDF] (08/1999)
• Press Release on Cap Campaign [PDF] (08/1999)
• Sample Letter, Issue Brief, & Talking Points [PDF] (08/1999)
• Sample Opinion Editorial [PDF] (08/1999)
• $1500 Cap Action Plan Packet [PDF] (03/1999)

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