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Big Win: APTA-Supported Medicare Fix Passes Congress

Dec 10, 2021/News

The package, which combines additional funding and delays to planned cuts, will be signed into law before year's end.

Self-Insured Health Plans and Physical Therapist Services

Jun 1, 2016/Column

Should you tap the market? Some points to consider.

Building Strong Health Care Teams Through Social Capital

Jun 27, 2019/Article

Social capital is a new concept to physical therapist practice that has the potential to facilitate interprofessional and intraprofessional relationships.

Don't Stop Believin': Multistate Licensure Compact Set to Begin in 2018

Apr 26, 2017/News

Washington signed on to the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, bringing the number of participating states to 10, the magic number of states needed to officially establish the system.

Final HHS Report on Pain Management Adds to Drumbeat for Better Access to Nondrug Approaches

May 31, 2019/News

The final report from an HHS inter-agency task force calls for greater collaborative care and improved access to physical therapy.

How Understanding Personality and Communication Styles Can Improve Patient Care

Sep 5, 2019/Perspective

It is crucial we constantly work on and improve our communication skills.

Study: More 'Collaboration and Consistency' Needed Between PTs and Surgeons in TKA, THA Measures

Mar 23, 2018/Review

As health care moves toward value-based approaches, it's going to become increasingly important for PTs and OSs to pursue more "collaboration and consistency" when it comes to outcome measures used in total knee and hip arthroplasty cases, say authors of a new study.

From PTJ: Seeing PT or Chiropractor First for Low Back Pain Is Less Costly

Nov 10, 2023/Review

Patients who first sought care from a physical therapist or chiropractor had fewer opioid prescriptions and MRIs after diagnosis.

We Didn't Take Pandemic 101 in PT School: Working in the Acute Care and ICU Setting During the COVID-19 Crisis

May 17, 2020/Perspective

As our medical center closed floors to make the isolation units, we became involved.

Study Finds Physical Therapy Could Contribute to Reversal of Prediabetes Risk

Nov 13, 2025/Review

In this review: Factors related to reversal of prediabetes in patients from a cardiovascular risk program during 2019- 2023 (BMC Research, open access). The Message In this study, patients with prediabetes — defined as elevated glycemia levels not meeting diagnostic criteria for diabetes — enrolled in