Proposed legislation, submitted May 19 by Representative David McKinley (R-WV), would amend the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide bundled payments for post-acute care services under parts A and B of Medicare, and for other purposes. Under this system, Medicare would make one reduced payment to a contracted entity to provide all services for a patient for the first 90 days after discharge from the hospital. The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) has announced that orthotics and prosthetics have been exempted from this proposed legislation.
