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3rd Dec 2024

Ep 60: Healthcare Changes for 2025: End of Year Review

Healthcare Changes for 2025: End of Year Review

With the closing of another year and looking ahead to a new Congress as well as a new presidential term, we can expect to see quite a few changes in healthcare policy. That’s why this week on The Amplify OT Podcast and my final episode of 2024, I am talking about healthcare changes for 2025!


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In this episode, I cover:

  • Updates to the podcast, Amplify OT Collective, and learning platform. 
  • With Donald Trump winning the election, Republicans will control the House and the Senate, making it significantly easier to pass legislation.
  • What Trump’s cabinet appointments mean for the future of occupational therapy. 
  • With a new year of Congress, anything that has been waiting to be passed will have to be re-introduced; this comes with its own set of implications, especially with Telehealth.
  • Starting Jan. 1, 2025, Medicare Part B will allow general instead of direct supervision for OTA. 
  • Caregiver codes under the Medicare Part B schedule have been expanded to include three additional codes. 
  • Other Medicare Part B updates that will help reduce administrative burden and change the valuation of CPT codes, as well as a brief update to home health. 


Thanks for listening! As a reminder, I will be putting the podcast on pause for the months of December 2024 and January 2025 to bring exciting new things to the Amplify OT Collective. In the meantime, be sure to follow this podcast so you don’t miss it when I come back in February! And be sure to rate and review the show. To learn more about Amplify OT, head to https://amplifyot.com/ 


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The Amplify OT Podcast
Empowering Occupational Therapy Practitioners to Lead Change in Healthcare
The Amplify OT Podcast is your go-to show for making sense of healthcare policy, advocacy, and reimbursement in occupational therapy. Hosted by Clarice Grote—occupational therapist, founder of Amplify OT, and self-proclaimed policy nerd who actually enjoys reading the long documents most people avoid—this podcast breaks down complex systems so you can navigate them with confidence.

No matter where you are in your occupational therapy journey—student, new grad, educator, or experienced clinician—you belong here as an important part of our OT Amplifier community. Each episode is designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools you need to understand how policy impacts your practice, your patients, and the future of the profession.

The work you do matters. Your voice matters. And advocacy isn’t just possible—it’s powerful. So let’s get started—because change starts here.

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Clarice Grote

Clarice Grorte is an occupational therapist and lived the transformation from guessing to confident by learning to understand policy.

She's the creator of The Amplify OT Podcast, Mastering OT Policy & Medicare™, and the Amplify OT Membership™.

She is passionate about spreading the word on the value of occupational therapy and proving to OTs and OTAs that they already have the skills the need to be amazing OT advocates