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Nov 22, 2017/News
Now available to APTA members: context and details to help you understand final 2018 rules from CMS on the home health (HH PPS) and outpatient (OPPS) prospective payment systems.
Dec 13, 2017/News
"The Good Stuff," is an occasional series that highlights recent, mostly local media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day.
May 28, 2024/Podcast
Tracking physical activity after surgery.
Jun 28, 2024/Article
The main documentation elements are: initial examination and evaluation, visit, reexamination, and conclusion of episode of care summary.
APTA is committed to gathering information and resources about COVID-19 and Long COVID to help clinicians provide optimal care.
Feb 26, 2018/News
PTs and PTAs know they can't take their eyes off the ball when it comes to properly documenting care. That's why APTA has revamped and updated its collection of online resources supporting defensible documentation.
Nov 29, 2022/Policies & Bylaws
Board policy: Describes establishment of financial accounts and the use of funds by designated and authorized staff.
Awards
These awards recognize physical therapist and physical therapist assistant students in their final year of an accredited program, and faculty members pursuing post-professional doctoral degrees, for their professional character and academic excellence.
Aug 12, 2025/Article
Didi Matthews, PT, DPT, delivered the sixth annual Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture in June. Her speech, titled "Reframing DEI: Clarity, Courage, and Commitment in Health Professions Education," urged physical therapy professionals to recommit to building a more just and inclusive health care system.
Nov 18, 2020/Podcast
APTA staff experts provide a status update on the what is expected in the final 2021 Medicare fee schedule rule and its likely payment cut to physical therapist services.