2026 Medicare and Practice-Related Updates for Hand and Upper Extremity Specialists

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Webinar Title: 2026 Medicare and Practice-Related Updates for Hand and Upper Extremity Specialists

Presenter:
Brandon Seth Powers, OTR/L, CHT

Panelists:
Angela Stephens, DHS, OTR/L, CHT; Danielle Sparks, DHS, MOT, OTR, CHT; Amanda West, OTR/L, CHT, Cert. DN

Webinar Description:
This webinar will provide information to affect the delivery of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation for billing and reimbursement. A panel will be available to answer practice management questions. Issues that will be covered during the webinar include:

  • Updates to the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  • Conversion factor adjustment
  • Requirements for KX modifier, updates to the KX threshold
  • Practice expense updates
  • Supervision requirements for incident-to-physician practices
  • Efficiency adjustments
  • Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) service updates
  • MIPS/MVPs updates
  • Telehealth service list and delivery updates
  • Upstream drivers of health and impact on the delivery of hand and upper extremity interventions
  • Discussion of issues pertinent to the delivery of hand and upper extremity interventions

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will:

  1. Describe the proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the effect on the delivery of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation
  2. Recognize the conversion factor adjustment and how a change impacts OT/PT reimbursement with Medicare patients
  3. Identify the Medicare rules and regulations in the delivery of telehealth for hand and upper extremity rehabilitation including documentation requirements and reimbursement issues. In addition, the participant will recognize the code request process
  4. Describe how the KX and other policy issues will have an effect on the delivery of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation in 2026 for Medicare recipients
  5. Describe how incident-to-physician practice supervision has changed for 2026 and impact on the delivery of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation
  6. Identify the changes to remote therapeutic monitoring and how the differences in 2026 can impact the delivery of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation
  7. Explain the updates to the MIPS/MVPs for 2026

Originally Presented: January 2026

CE Credit: 1.0 continuing education hours, or 0.10 CEUs

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