COVID-19 State of Affairs (07/18/2022)

UPDATED July 18, 2022

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The PPS COVID State of Affairs document is updated as needed, with the newest information highlighted in red to help you keep abreast of the most recent legislative and regulatory updates. 

On July 15, 2022, the PHE was extended for another 90 days (until October 13, 2022).  

Today’s renewal of the PHE means that the 151-day extension of coverage for telehealth provided in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 will result in the ability of physical therapists and PTAs to keep providing physical therapy via telehealth until at least mid-March 2023.  The actual expiration date of the PHE-linked flexibility of rehabilitation therapists to independently provide care via telehealth will not be known until the PHE expires and triggers the 151-day extension countdown.  The ability to achieve direct supervision via audio/visual communications will expire at the end of the year in which the PHE ends (at this point, that would be December 31, 2022).

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