Clinics, Rehab Agencies, & Public Health Agencies as Providers of Outpatient PT and Speech Language
Guidance for Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) and Conditions of Participations (CoPs) for Clinics, Rehab Agencies, and Public Health Agencies as Providers of Outpatient PT and Speech Language.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: February 11, 2020
Publication date:
January 9, 1995
Effective date:
The CoPs are currently in effect.
CFR section numbers:
42 CFR 485.701 – 485.729
CFR section descriptions:
42 CFR §485.701 – 485.729 Subpart H—Conditions of Participation
for Clinics, Rehabilitation Agencies, and Public Health Agencies as Providers of Outpatient Physical Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology Services
Brief description of document(s):
The CoPs are the requirements with which all clinics, rehabilitation agencies, and public health agencies as providers of outpatient physical therapy and speech-language pathology services must comply to participate in the Medicare- and Medicaid program.
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