The American Music Therapy Association asks that you please assist in submitting comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) via email urging the agency to include music therapists as meeting the requirements of directors of activity within long term care facilities and specifically listing music therapy as a specialized rehabilitative service available to long term care residents.
Please click on the link below for more information and template language. We STRONGLY ENCOURAGE all music therapists in the MAR Region to respond and make your voice heard.
http://www.musictherapy.org/long_term_care_proposed_rule_-_call_to_action_/