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APTA-Backed PTA Supervision Legislation Is a Win-Win-Win

Nov 21, 2022/News

The bipartisan bill now in the Senate would replace the direct supervision requirement for private practice with general supervision.

Historic Wins: Last Severe Restrictions on Direct Access Eliminated

May 24, 2024/News

Recent changes in Alabama mean that all states now have either provisional or unrestricted access to physical therapy without a referral.

Issue Brief: Medicare Part B Payment in 2023

Jul 21, 2022/Issue Brief

This issue brief summarizes how the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule works and provides APTA's analysis of the impact on outpatient physical therapy for 2023.

Communication and Patient Education

Jul 19, 2019/Podcast

Jaclyn Marie Arrow, PT, DPT, Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy, discusses her session “He Said, She Said: How Personality and Communication Can Improve Patient Education” at APTA’s NEXT 2019 in Chicago.

Admissions Process for Physical Therapist Assistant Education Programs

Applications need to be sent directly to the PTA programs.

Three Years of Physical Therapy in a Public Health Emergency: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Physical Therapy Profession

May 9, 2023/Report

Over the course of the public health emergency, APTA surveyed its members to monitor how the pandemic was affecting the physical therapy profession.

Defining Moment: I See Me in You

Jun 1, 2021/Column

A PT reflects on opening a clinic in an underserved neighborhood.

Outcomes Measurement

Outcomes are important in direct management of individual patient care and for the opportunity they provide the profession in collectively comparing care and determining effectiveness.

Daniel Pink on Motivation

Feb 13, 2019/Podcast

What motivates us? That’s the question Daniel Pink asked in his best-selling book Drive and in his 2009 TED talk “The Puzzle of Motivation.” APTA physical therapist member Steve Anderson interviewed Pink at for his podcast Profiles in Leadership, here’s a taste of that discussion—a conversation that’s

Instructive Queries

Jun 1, 2015/Column

Can PTs be compelled to provide clinical education? Should they be?