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Reporting Requirements: Quality

Feb 27, 2024/Resource

The quality performance category of MIPS evaluates the quality of care you deliver by measuring health care processes, outcomes, and patient experiences of care.

How to Apply the New CQ Modifier

Mar 1, 2020/Column

Here's information on how to apply the new CQ modifier to denote when outpatient therapy services are furnished in whole or in part by a PTA.

The Right Food – It Does a Body Good

Dec 20, 2021/Open Access

Whether it's fruit, veggies, or meat, all foods play a role in how your body operates.

Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Provide Significant Rehabilitative Value in Postacute Care

Apr 5, 2021/Statement

Study across 1.4 million Medicare cases indicates patients receiving these therapies have better quality of life and fewer hospital readmissions.

CDC Long COVID Guidance Acknowledges the Unknown, Stresses Patient Assessment

Jun 21, 2021/News

The new resource echoes many recommendations created by an APTA task force a year ago, and urges providers to listen to patients.

The Virtual vs. In-Person CSM Student Experience

Jun 17, 2021/Perspective

In reflecting on the pivotal past 15 months of my PT education experience, I realized that I, like many students, have had the unique experience of attending APTA Combined Sections Meeting both in person and virtually.

Final SNF, IRF 2022 Rules: Slight Payment Bumps, Big DMEPOS Win

Aug 10, 2021/Review

CMS also hasn't decided how it will address a 2020 PDPM payment spike. The rules are effective Oct. 1.

Navigating Cash Payment

Aug 1, 2018/Column

Here's a primer on what PTs need to know.

Kara Gainer, JD

Jun 3, 2020/Author

Kara Gainer was director of regulatory affairs at APTA from 2017-2021. She has extensive knowledge and experience working on policies related to Medicare, Medicaid, health care reform, and provider billing and reimbursement. Before joining the association in 2017, she was a health care consultant with

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