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Locum Tenens Arrangement

A practice where a healthcare provider (like a doctor or, with this bill, a physical therapist) temporarily covers for another provider who is away from their practice, allowing the substitute to bill for services under the absent provider's identifying number.

Medicare

A federal health insurance program in the United States for people aged 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease.

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act

The specific section of the Social Security Act that established and governs the Medicare program.

Outpatient Physical Therapy Services

Physical therapy treatments and rehabilitation services provided to patients who are not admitted to a hospital or other healthcare facility overnight.

Enactment

The process by which a bill becomes law after passing both chambers of Congress and being signed by the President, or otherwise becoming law.