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Nov 1, 2017/Feature
More than 110 qualified clinical data registries are helping improve health care outcomes while demonstrating the value of specific interventions. Here's a look at some of them, and the benefits that APTA's Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry can offer the profession.
Apr 4, 2022/News
A new resource from APTA Geriatrics establishes guiding principles.
Sep 1, 2025/Advocacy Update
We sat down with an APTA health policy specialist to look inside the efforts that led to Aetna’s groundbreaking direct access policy change.
Mar 16, 2020/News
In a win for PTAs and OTAs, the Department of Defense has issued a final rule, effective April 16, that establishes them as providers in ways similar to Medicare provisions.
Nov 13, 2020/Review
Results of a 2019 survey also that 7.4% of those with chronic pain experienced pain that limited life and work activities.
Apr 1, 2020/Open Access
PTs and PTAs have an ethical responsibility to act in cases of suspected abuse of a family member, obligations clearly spelled out in the Code of Ethics for the Physical Therapist (4D) and the Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant (4D). NOTE: If you have an immediate question
Mar 1, 2023/Open Access
Access information and guidelines on COVID-19 based on national and international recommendations and guidelines.
Jan 31, 2018/Article
There are many elements of documentation that need consideration; one of the most important is clinical setting.
Oct 30, 2024/Podcast
The countdown has begun for the 50th Annual APTA Combined Sections Meeting, which will be held Feb. 13-15, 2025, in Houston, Texas.
Jun 19, 2017/News
Researchers analyzing a study of patients with ACL tears reached the conclusion that, for at least some, putting off ACL reconstruction surgery in favor of exercise therapy could be the way to go.
