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CMS-1403-FC
“physical therapy services” to include speech-language
pathology services because the statutory definition of
“outpatient physical therapy services” (section 1861(p) of
the Act) included speech-language pathology services (66 FR
at 925). To conform the language of the regulations to
MIPPA, we are revising two of the definitions at §411.351.
First, we are revising the definition of “Designated health
services (DHS)” by adding the word “outpatient” before the
phrase “speech-language pathology services” in paragraph
(2). Second, we are revising the definition of “Physical
therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language
pathology services” by:
● Removing the phrase “speech-language pathology” in
the heading of the definition and wherever it occurs within
the introductory paragraph and adding, in its place, the
phrase “outpatient speech-language pathology”;
● Deleting the parenthetical “(including
speech-language pathology services)” from paragraph (1) of
the description of physical therapy services;
● Deleting sub-paragraph (1)(iv), which describes
physical therapy services as including “Speech-language
pathology services that are for the diagnosis and treatment
of speech, language, and cognitive disorders that include
swallowing and other oral-motor dysfunctions;” and
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