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Medicare does indeed cover services to maintain or manage a beneficiary's current condition when no functional improvement is possible if the services are medically necessary and meet the skilled care requirements.
Mar 8, 2022/News
Remember that old saying, "strike while the iron is hot"? Things are hot on Capitol Hill (and there's still time to act).
Oct 5, 2021/Review
A study of 2 million claims found that, if indicated, early manual therapy is associated with lower costs and reduced days of disability.
Aug 11, 2021/Review
Research in the military health care system revealed lower costs and symptom recurrence for patients who saw a PT within 30 days.
May 22, 2024/Review
Among Medicare patients, rurality, lower income, and lack of English proficiency were associated with therapy received while hospitalized.
Aug 14, 2017/Test & Measure
Predicts long-term disability and work absenteeism in working adults with acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain following soft tissue insult.
Aug 1, 2025/Article
They asked tough clinical questions — and built research careers to answer them. Two mid-career physical therapist scientists share their advice.
Feb 1, 2020/Column
Changes for 2020 include new codes for dry needling and changes to a number of existing codes.
Feb 1, 2019/Article
The number of violent events in the workplace seems ever more prevalent. How can PTs and PTAs best protect themselves and their patients?
Aug 1, 2018/Feature
From classics such as embezzlement to the new frontiers of phishing and ransomware, here's what you need to know to protect yourself from people who are trying to steal money, information, and data from you and from your patients and clients.
